Was he a kindly, sympathetic man, unhardened by the duties of his office?

This man-of-war life has not left me unhardened.

I did admire the weaker people, especially those who were unhardened by the months of physical training of the voyage out from England.

Even Captain Anthony had to take some notice of it, as if it refreshed him to see something untouched, unscarred, unhardened by suffering.