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Quotation from Personal Memoirs by Ulysses S. Grant

“There was consumption in my father's family, two of his brothers having died of that disease, which made my symptoms more alarming”

Ulysses S. Grant

Personal Memoirs, Vol. I, Ch. II

Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant

Grant recalls the 'desperate cough' that left him at 117 pounds at graduation from West Point.

Citation: "There was consumption in my father's family, two of his brothers having died of that disease, which made my symptoms more alarming" — Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs, Vol. I, Ch. II. (id personal-memoirs-q2)

Portrait: Ulysses S. Grant 1870-1880, Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Public domain.

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