ABSTRACT
I N t l ~ c ycars I~erwccn 191 I ant1 107.5 ~oscp l i rcmainctl out-wartlly ti~ucli as Iic liacl always been: sllrcwd, calm, remark-ably vigorous in botly, a ~ d as ol~cn-mintlctl as any y o r ~ n g man. I lc was going tlcaf, b r ~ t at scvcrlty-fivc Ilc still Tvcnt. up a flight of slairs two at a timc, ant1 nras prcparctl lo givc tlispassionalc consitlc~-ation io any nrnr idea fsorn any quarl-ct. * , I llcrc n.;is 110 tr.;lcc of clcfcat in liis facc. Ycl once, speaking of Tllnnlns Il;~rtly's tiovcls, lie saitl: '1 can't read tllern. r~l lcy ' rc poison to n [~c'ssimist like rliysclf.'
