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But after everything has been said about his plays and his
philosophy, the best remains unsaid, for the best resides
not in his plays, nor his philosophy, but in his personality
I never knew what a vivid personality meant until I
knew Shaw He, of all men, is most alive, not only on
grand occasions but all the time Walk with him through
the streets of any town A photographer approaches,
furtively But Shaw has seen him and immediately, not
without taking thought, he adds a cubit to his stature
Snap a perfect picture of the man, tall, resolute,
picturesque Then it is the turn of the autograph girl
She comes with pen and opened book "No, my dear,"
says Shaw, "I shall not give you my autograph, but
write me a letter which compels an answer and it's
yours"

It is Shaw's sanity and his lack of humbug and senti-
mentality which are permanently astonishing even to
his friends His greatest quality—the source of his
paradox and his comedy—is that he dares to forge the
last link in every chain of thought