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In spite of his racy early writings, Grant Robertson was a rather aloof and prudish bachelor. He was particularly recalled as wordy, one commentator observing that he «never used a single word to express himself, if a paragraph could more gracefully define his meaning». Staff and students recalled incidents such as when his opening speech at a charity function was so long it dramatically reduced the takings, or when students we invited to tea but never had the chance to eat it.[4] Harry Hodson recalled he was «a teacher by nature, and would lecture copiously among his contemporaries and juniors, little heeding if their attention wandered, raising the question, —Can an interesting man be a bore?— But he was well worth listening to, for his mind was sharp, his opinions vigorous and his knowledge vast.»