without cynicism

"He was a man without cynicism."


"He had no hate in his heart."


"He turned adversity into compassion."



(Things said about Ted Kennedy today, at news of his passing.)

Writer Mike Barnacle told an anecdote about when he was having difficulty or scandal (some kind of fuss about 10 years ago, and I can't remember what it was, now -- there was something...) -- & he said this morning that Sen. Ted Kennedy came and talked to him and told Mr. Barnacle to come on over to his place and sit on the porch and just spend some informal social time because, the Senator said, "Nobody knows how to hide out like we do."