I think I can fairly say that I have had few idle moments since.

I have probably put as much hard work into life as most men on this continent.

Certainly I have put into it all the work that my physical powers, especially my eyes, would permit.

I studied law in Concord the first year after graduation.

I used to get up at six o'clock in the morning, go to the office, make a fire and read law until breakfast time, which was at seven in the summer and half- past in the winter.