Historian Allan Nevins wrote, "Actually, incompetence and timidity offer a better explanation of Pope than treachery, though he certainly showed an insubordinate spirit."
Historikeren Allan Nevins skrev: "Rent faktisk er inkompetence og frygtsomhed bedre forklaringer på Popes adfærd end forræderi, om end han bestemt viste en ulydig indstilling."