One of his sons, a well-grown lad, was upon the train.
The general had not seen him for some time, and he sat with one arm around him, as one might with a little girl.
It used to be thought that Grant was a man without much literary capacity.

Since the publication of his "Memoirs," this notion has been discarded.

I can testify to his great readiness as a writer.

I saw him write two messages to Congress, both of a good deal of importance, without pause or correction, and as rapidly as his pen could fly over the paper.

The first was the message he sent in on the adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution.