President."
"It did for a short time. But we got together over the Dutch Guiana
matter and he's quite himself again. As you say, the party can ill
afford to lose him. But a man who works with Brown I consider lost to
the party, no matter if he keeps the name."
"Fowler used to like me," said Enoch, thoughtfully.
"He certainly did. But the reason that Fowler will always be a
politician and not a statesman is that he is still blind to the fact
that the biggest thing a man can do for himself politically is to
forget himself and work for the party."
"You mean for the country, do you not?" asked Enoch.
"It should be the same thing. If Fowler can get beyond himself, he'll
be a statesman. But he's fifty and characters solidify at fifty. He's
been a first rate Secretary of State, because he's a first rate
international lawyer, because his tact is beyond reproach and because
he is forced by the nature of his work to think nationally and not
personally."
"I'm sorry he's taken up with Brown," repeated Enoch. "There never was
such a dearth of good men in national politics before."
"I've known him for many years," the President said thoughtfully, "and
I never knew him to do a dishonest thing. He's full of horse sense.
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