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He had apparently no illusions, no passions and no pre dominantly great ideals. He had the official manner, imperturbable and impenetrable, which would have made the fortune of an ambassador in Bismarck's eves.

— Alfred Deakin The Federal Story (1944)

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He sought rest only in perpetual physical motion.

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