And it really didn't matter whether we had the same language or the same culture, but we actually had the same passion and the same desires to achieve things."
VOA: special.2010.07.30
There were not many jokes in a Powell speech, but the audience was held by its taut language delivered with passion.
He bequeathed to his son two precious gifts: a love of language, and a passion for the raw materials of life and industry timber, such as western red cedar, metals, stones and minerals.