"Without false modetsy, I don't think I have a fraction of the talent of either Bevan of Foot."

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I never knew a man more free from conceit, or one to whom it was a greater extent a pleasure, as well as a recognized duty, to listen patiently to what might be said to him upon any subject under consideration....Neither, I need scarcely say, was he in the habit of talking, much less boasting, of his own achievements.

— Martin Van Buren