Dashed Churchill

Check out this passage of a letter from Winston Churchill to his mother:

In Politics a man, I take it, gets on not so much by what he does, as by what he is. It is not so much a question of brains as of character & originality. It is for these reasons that I would not allow others to suggest ideas and that I am somewhat impatient of advice as to my beginning in politics. Introduction—connections— powerful friends—a name—good advice well followed—all these things count—but they lead only to a certain point. As it were they may ensure admission to the scales. Ultimately—every man has to be weighed—and if found wanting nothing can procure him the public confidence.

Notice anything? Besides the value of Churchill's remarks, count up the number of commas in the passage. Zero. Apparently, ol' 'ston wasn't too fond of the comma, preferring instead to litter his writings with dashes. Dash it all 'ston.