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Always, too, in these later years he is showing his strength and enthusiasm in a positively noble way. He has for years been a keen sufferer from rheumatism and neuritis, but he has never permitted this to interfere with his work or plans. ALWAYS TOO IN THESE LATER YEARS HE IS SHOWING HIS STRENGTH AND ENTHUSIASM IN A POSITIVELY NOBLE WAY HE HAS FOR YEARS BEEN A KEEN SUFFERER FROM RHEUMATISM AND NEUROTIS BUT HE HAS HAS NEVER PERMITTED IT TO INTERFERE WITH HIS WORK OR PLANS
d; or that on the evening of the day on which he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States he gave a lecture in Washington on “The Curriculum of the Prophets in Ancient Israel.” The man’s life is a succession of delightful surprises. An odd trait of his character is his love for fire. He could easily have been a veritable fire-worshiper instead of an orthodox Christian! He has always loved a blaze, and he says reminiscently that for no single thing was he punished so much when he was a child as for building bonfires. And after securing possession, as he did in middle age, of the house where he was born and of a great acreage around about, he had one of the most enjoyable times of his life in tearing down old buildings that needed to be destroyed and in heaping up fallen trees and rubbish and in piling great heaps of wood and setting the great piles ablaze. You see, there is one of the secrets of his strength--he has never lost the capacity for fiery enthusiasm! AN HISTORY AT CAMBRIDGE IN ENGLAND OR THAT ON THE EVENING OF THE DAY ON WHICH HE WAS ADMITTED TO PRACTICE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES HE GAVE A LECTURE IN WASHINGTON ON THE CURRICULUM OF THE PROPHETS IN ANCIENT ISRAEL THE MAN'S LIFE IS A SUCCESSION OF DELIGHTFUL SURPRISES AN ODD TRAIT OF HIS CHARACTER IS HIS LOVE FOR FIRE HE COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN A VERITABLE FIRE WORSHIPPER INSTEAD OF AN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN HE HAS ALWAYS LOVED A BLAZE AND HE SAYS REMINISCENTLY FOR THERE IS NO SINGLE THING HE WAS PUNISHED SO MUCH FOR AS A CHILD AS BUILDING BONFIRES AND AFTER SECURING POSSESSION AS HE DID IN THE MIDDLE AGE OF A HOUSE WHERE HE WAS BORN AND OF THE GREAT ACREAGE AROUND HE HAD MOST OF THE ENJOYABLE TIMES OF HIS LIFE TEARING DOWN OLD BUILDINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE DESTROYED AND HEAPING UP FALLEN TREES AND RUBBISH AND PILING IN GREAT HEAPS OF WOOD AND SETTING THE GREAT PILES ABLAZE YOU SEE IT IS ONE OF THOSE SECRETS OF HIS STRENGTH HE HAS NEVER LOST THE CAPACITY FOR FIERY ENTHUSIASM
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