Meanwhile Mr. Moore was doing
the serious work of the Department.
No two men were more unlike than Mr. Bryan and Mr. Moore; Mr. Bryan
a bundle of loosely tied emotions to whom a catchy phrase or an un-
sound theory is more precious than a natural law or the wisdom of
the philosopher; Mr. Moore an intellect who has subordinated his
emotions, and to whom facts are as important as mathematics to an
engineer. It was an incompatible union; it could not last. Mr.
Moore became impatient of his chief's vagaries and, about a year
later, returned to the dignified quiet of Columbia University.
This was early in 1914. Now for the random way in which chance
weaves her skein. Mr. Moore went out of the Department and left the
office of Counselor vacant, an office, up to that time, so little
known that the public, if it gave the matter any thought, believed
its occupant was the legal adviser of the Department, while, as a
matter of fact, he is the Under Secretary, which is now the
official designation.
At this stage of his career Mr. Lansing was connected with the
Department as an adviser on international affairs and had
represented the United States in many international arbitrations.
He was known to a small and select circle of lawyers specializing
in international law, but to the public his name meant nothing. He
had always been a good Democrat, although he was married to the
daughter of the late John W.
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