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Unlike most practical men, — and he was eminently
practical, — his keen observation and study of conditions
always resulted in a vision. Toward that vision, whether to
be realized in Florida, the White Mountains, or in the country
at large, he moved with untiring zeal and enthusiasm and
every stroke told. It was always, "This can come about if
we all take hold together and do so and so." “We shall be able
to secure this improvement if we work and work hard enough."

With all his tolerance he was a good disciplinarian and
could be stern where principle was involved. Persistency was
a marked trait with him. He returned again and again to the
task in hand. His method was to accomplish a part of the big
plan that loomed ahead of him and to accept that enthusiastically,
but always with the intention of returning to the charge. As
one newspaper phrased it, "He everlastingly kept at a thing
till it was done." Said a friend on one occasion, "I see you've
got your roads built, but they are narrow." "Never mind," he
replied, "we've got our roads; now we'll get them widened."

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