Note 45 — Chapter Twenty-eight
Reading edition
“Leader of Leaders” clung to my brother from the occasion of his single-handed crashing through the Reedy Filibuster, which threatened to destroy the Schuyler Alien Bill.
Personally, I have never felt the phrase a felicitous one. While it is indubitably true that David from the start was a man to win the confidence and respect of the mighty minority, as a Man’s man, I know of no public figure, yes, including Theodore Roosevelt, who inspired a more deeply-rooted love in the masses than my brother.