Regarding some of his anxieties at the time, he wrote: “When I look back on all these worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. ”
Par tajā laikā pieredzēto viņš rakstīja: ” Atskatoties uz visu tālaika nemieru, es atceros stāstu par vecu vīru, kas, gulēdams uz nāves gultas, atzina, ka viņa mūžā ir bijis daudz nepatikšanu, no kurām lielākā daļa tā arī palikusi tikai viņa iztēlē. ”