That rascal Grant died from throat and mouth cancer just as he finished his memoirs which enriched his otherwise poverty stricken family. I think he was living on the east bank of the Hudson north of NYC at the time. He was known to smoke 15-20 stogies a day ...much like Twain. Of course Winston smoked the same amount and lived to 94 so who knows. BTW, Lee smoked a fair amount of stogies and the occasional pipe and died of cardiac disease in his early to mid 60s(?)....so who knows?
I suppose I am quite Hawkish when it is merited. I'm a right wing Southern Christian conservative to the near extreme. I don't imagine that takes much elaborating does it?
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I have a friend on another board that has your same handle. The high school we attended had the "war hawks" as the mascot. We are with you on your political leanings, brother! Deo vindice.