He was infirm of body but still keen of mind, and though it looked like he couldn't walk across the room, he crushed me in debate.

He stubbornly refused to quit trying, even after failing 20 times.

Not a single one of these malvaceas but has its property, purgative or febrifuginous, and if medical botany ever minutely studies these humble climbers, in root, bark, and flower, they will find more than one treasure.

Probably primitive man admired his pre-glacial Phyllis or Neæra, admired himself, and perhaps also admired his fellow-man.