Of course, there are always exceptions, as in Grant's case, but the rule prevails.

And now there had been flung down the gauntlet of a clever adversary, and the battle was a warm one.
We both enjoyed this contest, for, though the struggle was likely to be sharp, we knew the issue was ours, from the beginning, and the whole thing, as Grant said, was like a hunting trip.

But how it ended! He had been out much at night, for it was a large district and there were many meetings, and had been as tireless as was usual with him.
His thought was never given much to the care of himself, and in this campaign he appeared more than ordinarily reckless.

Jean, watchful ever, reproached him and made him change his ways a little.

Perhaps it was not all his fault that one day he felt ill.