1781. Receives surrender of Cornwallis.
1788. Became first President of the United States.
1797. Ended second term as President.
1799. December 14. Died at Mt. Vernon.
GRANT
THE MAN WHO "CAME BACK"
"Can a man 'come back'?"
This is a question one frequently hears nowadays; and the answer is,
more often than not, a shrug of the shoulders. For the man who has
once failed--or even passed his first chance of success--is not
considered seriously in this busy day and time. He is a
"down-and-outer"; he cannot "come back."
But there are exceptions to every rule, and one of the most striking
ones in all history, to the above adage, is furnished by the man who
led the Union forces to victory in the American Civil War, and later
achieved the presidency.
Here was a man who, at forty, was generally regarded as a failure, a
ne'er-do-well. But for the accident of war he would in all likelihood
have ended his days "unwept, unhonored, and unsung." We have a picture
of this middle-aged man, clerking for his younger brothers in a country
store, at eight hundred dollars a year, and day by day sinking further
into the slough of despond.
He was of little real value to the store, at even that meager salary.
He was no good at driving bargains or at palavering with the trade.
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