This is The Guardian.

Today, remembering Jesse Jackson.

We come before thee just now with heaven is of heart, broken spirit, wounded by the passing of our beloved brother,

the Reverend Jesse Jackson.

All this week, the life of the Reverend Jesse Jackson, who has died at the age of 84,

has been celebrated and commemorated.

He was many different things.

Civil rights leader.

And put a voter registration card in that other hand, similizing power and responsibility.

Hostage negotiator.

Whenever hostages are released, it's always an expression of some hope.

Presidential candidate.

My decision to seek the nomination of the Democratic Party for the presidency of the United States of America.

But there are things that everyone who met him remembers.

He was this 6'4-3, 225-pound guy who basically commanded an audience.

I just remember him appearing larger than life in terms of presence. Big in frame, and he was big in stature.

He was tireless. We put him to bed at 1.30 in the morning, and he got up at 6.30.

If you happen to be on the other side of the room, he was going to make his way to the at 1.30 in the morning and he got up at 6.30. If you happened to be on the other side

of the room, he was going to make his way to the other side of the room. Shake your hand and

introduce himself. He got to have this laser focus on whoever it was that he was talking to. And he

always made you feel as if what you were saying was really important. His charisma, drive and vision saw him become the first black candidate

who was a serious contender for the American presidency,

...