And one cannot fail to see that they saddened and annoyed him.

He felt so keenly the evil which must come from the deliberate sowing of dissensions.

He cared little what they might say against himself, but he cared immensely for their sin against patriotism.

Before his term as President drew to a close, he was already deciding not to be a candidate for a second term.

He told his intention to a few intimates--from them it spread to many others.