William Howard Taft - The Man of the Hour (Electronic book text)

Brains and body man has from God; what he makes of them depends upon himself. He is the driver of his own mental engine. He advances, stands still or falls back as he wills. Even the overcoming of natural physical limitations is often a matter of personal determination. One of the greatest works of American historical literature is the monument to the will of a man who could devote but five minutes at a time to his task...