Two mornings after the day before, the Man with the Brown Derby received newsgatherers again. He dictated a farewell message:
"I certainly do not expect ever to run for public office again. I have had all I can stand of it. I have given a quarter of a century of probably the best years of my life to it. I will never lose my interest in public affairs, that is a sure thing. But as far as running for office again is concerned—that's finished."
He rephrased it later: "My decision never again to run is unalterable....
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