First he had proved himself lamentably presumptuous by conducting the analysis himself rather than calling on the help of more worldly experts in Europe.
There are large billboards directed at them both: the tough, " take-charge, " or dapper older man, the glamorous, " worldly" young woman, both puffing away.
I do not say, that a prudent, worldly-wise man, with only negative virtues and qualities, may not sometimes obtain a smoother reputation than a wiser or a better man.