Excerpt from Lincoln Night: Middlesex Club, Boston, February 12, 1923; Addresses
I regret as you do the absence of our president to-day, who is detained in Washington by reason of illness. I understand that his illness is not of a serious nature, and that he hopes to be back in Boston within a few days. I am going to ask you all to rise and drink to the speedy recovery of our distinguished president. [the members and guests rise and drink the toast, - but in water.
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