And he had in truth spent a life of almost unremitting laboriousness.

Those early years as surveyor and Indian fighter and pathfinder were years of great hardships.

The eight years of the Revolution were a continuous physical strain, an unending responsibility, and sometimes a bodily deprivation.

And finally his last service as President had brought him disgusts, pinpricks which probably wore more on his spirits than did the direct blows of his opponents.

Very likely he felt old in his heart of hearts, much older than his superb physical form betokened.