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we ll talk about charles evans hughes, the man. we heard from the outset that he looked and sounded like god. would you add a little more color? how tall was he? he was 5 11 . interestingly enough, he was very slight as a young man, very thin. as an adult, as a young man he weighed 127 pounds, and the guy who cleaned up the insurance agency, they would not write an insurance policy for him. they gave him the physicals and say, we can t find anything wrong with him, but he s just too thin. so we won t give him a life insurance policy. he lived to be about 85 and was very vigorous, very active. ultimately he reached an adult weight of about 173 pounds, which he would measure very carefully. he would do this in an interesting way. at breakfast he would have a pile of toast in front of him, and he was putting on too much weight, he would remove a slice of toast. and if he didn t weigh enough, he would put another slice on. but this fellow who was supposedly so slight and not
how tall was he? he was 5 11 . interesting enough, he was very slight as a young man. very thin. as an adult, as a young man he weighed 127 pounds, and the guy who cleaned up the insurance agency, they would not write an insurance policy for him. they gave him the physicals and say, we can t find anything wrong with him, but he s just too thin. we won t give him a life insurance policy. he lived to be about 85 and was very vigorous, very active. ultimately he reached an adult weight of about 173 pounds, which he would measure very carefully. he would do this in an interesting way. at breakfast he would have a pile of toast in front of him, and he was putting on too much weight, he would remove a slice of toast. and if he didn t weigh enough, he would put another slice on. but this fellow who was supposedly so slight and not vigorous was a great mountain climber. when he is solicited by the state legislature in new york to after he s done the gas inquiry, he goes and he s