Frank W. Buxton

“ He made him by showing him, in precept and practice, the way of wisdom and by vouching for him in high places where his chance say-so was as good as his oath and bond. He gave him that mixture of personal attachment and respect of which he was none too prodigal, but which was a mighty advantage to the few who had than. ”

“ Calvin Coolidge, of course! From the reflective shoemaker and the furious Miss Foley to the complacent Frank W. Stearns and the watchful and discerning senator from Dalton, came some of the makings, but the man himself always had the essentials of greatness. Give another man those same foes and friends and he might still be as far from the White House as many another son of Vermont. ”