As men the two were dissimilar both in education and outlook, but the poetry of each is often marked by this common trait that in it the whole man speaks to us.’ Tá sé ar dhuine de na filí Gaeilge sin den tseanaimsir is mó ar tháiníg a dhánta, tuairim ceithre scór díobh, slán.
Thairg sé an tSanscrait a mhúineadh do Mhac Cana agus do Phádraig Ó Fiannachta: ‘Such remarkable generosity needs no further explanation than as a trait of character, but I think it is also true that Gordon so enjoyed teaching receptive students that he was ever willing and ready to take on extra pedagogic committments which encroached seriously on the time available for his personal research.
(Ní hionann bunús an fhocail Bhéarla ‘trait’ agus ‘tréide’ > ‘tréith’ na Gaeilge.) Ba mhaith leis an Éireannach a cheapadh gur thréithe deasa a shamhlófaí leis thar lear, má chuimhnítear ar an fhód iathghlas thar lear ar chor ar bith.