As I grow old, I acquire a taste for study.

I firmly believe that the same propensity was always inherent in me, but, strange to tell, although many were paid extravagantly, I never had the advantage of a master to guide and encourage me.

But it is now too late to repine.

I rejoice that my nephews are more fortunate.
The president's address is sufficiently hostile, and if I thought that he would be supported to the extent of his wishes, I should consider war to be inevitable.

Congress will hesitate before consenting to go the length he proposes.