A wounded ego in public service doesn't last long...
"I felt that these injuries, for such they since have been acknowledged had inflicted a would on my spirit which only will be cured by the all-healing grave."
Thomas Jefferson on being criticized for his actions as Governor of Virginia, which caused him to retreat back to private life, only to re-emerge again less than two years later.
from Thomas Jefferson: Writings
edited by Merrill D. Peterson, 1984
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