He never solicited place or preferment, and had no partizan combinations or even connections; yet he received honors which eluded the covetous grasp of those who formed parties, rewarded friends and proscribed enemies; and he filled a longer period of varied and distinguished service than ever fell to the lot of any other citizen.

In every stage of this progress he was CONTENT.

He was content to be president, minister, representative, or citizen.
Stricken in the midst of this service, in the very act of rising to debate, he fell into the arms of conscript fathers of the Republic.

A long lethargy supervened and oppressed his senses.

Nature rallied the wasting powers, on the verge of the grave, for a very brief period.