If there is an energetic will in the world, it is his.
He is truly your son; and his expression, like yours, shows an iron resolution, that may be broken but never bent.

I can still hear his voice trembling with resentment, while he spoke to me.

I can still see the dark fire of his eyes.

No, he will never accept a compromise.

He will have all or nothing; and I cannot say that he is wrong.