Editing Roger Casement (section)

===Observations of Casement===
In a recollection of Casement, which conceivably is coloured by knowledge of his subsequent fate, Ernest Hambloch, Casement's deputy during his consular posting to Brazil, recalls an "unexpected" figure: tall, ungainly; "elaborately courteous" but with "a good deal of pose about him, as though he was afraid of being caught off his guard". "An easy talker and a fluent writer", he could "expound a case, but not argue it". His greatest charm, of which he seemed "quite unconscious" was his voice, which was "very musical." The eyes were "kindly", but not given to laughter: "a sense of humour might have saved him from many things".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hambloch |first1=Ernest |title=British Consul: Memories of Thirty Years' Service in Europe and Brazil |date=1938 |publisher=George G. Harrap & Co. |location=London |pages=71, 76}}</ref>

[[Joseph Conrad]]'s first impressions of Casement, from an encounter in the Congo he judged "a positive piece of good luck", was "thinks, speaks, well, most intelligent and very sympathetic". Later, ''after'' Casement's arrest and trial, Conrad had more critical thoughts: "Already in Africa, I judged he was a man, properly speaking, of no mind at all. I don't mean stupid. I mean that he was all emotion. By emotional force (Putumayo, Congo report etc) he made his way, and sheer temperament—a truly tragic figure."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Meyers |first1=Jeffrey |title=Conrad and Roger Casement |journal=Conradiana |date=1973 |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=64–69 |jstor=24641805 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24641805 |access-date=24 August 2020 |archive-date=29 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029014304/https://www.jstor.org/stable/24641805?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents |url-status=live }}</ref>