Yet, withal, David was the true altruist. — Gilbert Parker, "The Weavers"
1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 2, Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke....A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes....But withal there was a perceptible acumen about the man which was puzzling in the extreme.
