One British diplomat stated, "He was a clever man, and clever men are distrusted; he was logical in his political theories and we hate logic; and he was persistent with a tenacity which was calculated to drive everybody mad."
一位英国外交官提到，“他是个聪明人，而聪明人不被他人信任；他在他的政治理论上讲究逻辑，而我们痛恨逻辑；他固执己见，而这种固执要把每一个人逼疯。