Note 37 — Chapter XVI
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These vexations began to tell upon his health. Thus, in his Journal, I find the following entries:—May 8th, 1847. “I have more to do than I can accomplish satisfactorily; this produces headache and incapacity, which make the matter worse.” On September 28th of the same year, after describing some fresh vexations, he writes: “I have been reading my evidence given ten years ago before the Commissioners of Post Office Enquiry. . . . There is a heartiness and freshness in my replies which I fear I should not now evince.”—Ed.