Word: tendering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...massive and inspiring personality. The universal admiration given him was ever mixed with love. From him men drew their ideals of human character and were grateful to him for being what he was. They found him the best of comrades--simple, engaging, generous in his estimates of others, tender as a woman, fair-minded, playful, reverent, and unconventional, with a natural elevation of thought and manner which made all excellence easy in his presence. As we now recall that erect form, alert bearing, kind eye, and masterful voice, we perceive how, in spite of his aversion to anything like intentional...
...quiet repose of manner about him--the hall-mark of the true gentleman--and as manners make the man, this greatly emphasized the respect and growing reverence in which he was held as time went on. The gentleness and kindly courtesy of his nature won for him the tender regard and affection of all who came in contact with him, and I never heard of the defeated suitor, or the disappointed advocate, or of anybody else who cherished any ill-feeling against him. The dignity of the Court has been well sustained by Chief Justice Fuller, and he died beloved...
...tender mouth made stern in sad despite...