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Here's a description at the time
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of what Gage was like.
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And this is from Damasio's excellent book Descartes' Error:
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He used to be a really responsible guy, a family man,
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very reliable, very trustworthy.
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But after the accident he was fitful, irreverent,
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indulging at times in the grossest profanity,
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manifesting but little deference for his fellows,
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impatient of restraint or advice,
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a child in his intellectual capacities and manifestations.
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He had the animal pleasures of a strong man.
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His foul language is so debased