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How do I know if he was really reluctant? I always have thought he was. I've heard people say, “He wasn't reluctant. That was just a stage game.” He really was kind of scared. When I saw him begin to walk in that campaign, I didn't wonder that he was scared. He couldn't walk. He had an awful time getting around. He had to be carried up and down the back stairs and over fire escapes. It was a dreadful physical business to make this campaign. You said to yourself, “My God, he's got nerve. He's really having a rough time.” You began to admire him more and more.

At the time that they were persuading him, the only thing that occurred to me was, “Well, he'd make a good Governor. He'd make a fine Governor. He's apparently got his health back enough to be Governor. We're not asking him to be a lumberman. You do it with your head and not with your legs, anyhow. What's the difference? He'll probably get well as quickly being Governor as he will any other way.” I still hold the view of, “What does your health matter?” I never can see that that is the first object in life - to secure either your own health or your own happiness. I honestly believe that health and happiness usually evade you if you go seeking for them. It's incidental.

So I never gave his health a thought in the matter,