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So eventually, Grant
did go with Twain's offer to make money for his family
to save them from poverty. ♪ ♪ ‐ But during the summer
before he started writing, he bites into a peach,
and he says that somehow something stung him
from the peach in his throat and he can't figure out
what it is. He sees a doctor,
and at that point, they realize that it's cancer
and that they can't operate. So he realizes
that it's fatal. ♪ ♪ ‐ What is to be my fate? Will I have
to lay awake again? Making it a study
how to get a breath is about as much
as I could stand to go through another night. ‐ Grant wrote the memoirs
under horrific conditions. He said that every time
he drank a glass of water, it was like drinking
a glass of molten lead
did go with Twain's offer to make money for his family
to save them from poverty. ♪ ♪ ‐ But during the summer
before he started writing, he bites into a peach,
and he says that somehow something stung him
from the peach in his throat and he can't figure out
what it is. He sees a doctor,
and at that point, they realize that it's cancer
and that they can't operate. So he realizes
that it's fatal. ♪ ♪ ‐ What is to be my fate? Will I have
to lay awake again? Making it a study
how to get a breath is about as much
as I could stand to go through another night. ‐ Grant wrote the memoirs
under horrific conditions. He said that every time
he drank a glass of water, it was like drinking
a glass of molten lead
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So eventually, Grant
did go with Twain's offer
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to make money for his family
to save them from poverty.
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♪ ♪
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‐ But during the summer
before he started writing,
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he bites into a peach,
and he says that somehow
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something stung him
from the peach in his throat
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and he can't figure out
what it is.
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He sees a doctor,
and at that point,
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they realize that it's cancer
and that they can't operate.
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So he realizes
that it's fatal.
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♪ ♪
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‐ What is to be my fate?
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Will I have
to lay awake again?
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Making it a study
how to get a breath
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is about as much
as I could stand
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to go through another night.
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‐ Grant wrote the memoirs
under horrific conditions.
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He said that every time
he drank a glass of water,
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it was like drinking
a glass of molten lead.
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Movie Summary
The documentary-series examines Ulysses S. Grant's life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War and Reconstruction.