He became known as one of the foremost orators of his day.
It takes great courage to fight a lost cause when there is no hope even of victory.

To contest every inch of ground with as much persistency and enthusiasm as if we were assured of victory; this is true courage.
The world admires the man who never flinches from unexpected difficulties, who calmly, patiently, and courageously grapples with his fate; who dies, if need be, at his post.
President Chadbourne put grit in place of his lost lung, and worked thirty-five years after his funeral had been planned.
Henry Fawcett put grit in place of eyesight, and became the greatest Postmaster-General England ever had.
Prescott also put grit in place of eyesight, and became one of America's greatest historians.

Francis Parkman put grit in place of health and eyesight, and became the greatest historian of America in his line.

Thousands of men have put grit in place of health, eyes, ears, hands, legs, and yet have achieved marvelous success.

Indeed, most of the great things of the world have been accomplished by grit and pluck.
You cannot keep a man down who has these qualities.