To hold him over, he sought the job of land officer in his home state and was refused the job. He ran for Senate of the United States and lost. He later sought the Vice-Presidential nomination at his party's national convention and received less than 100 votes. He was convinced to run for U.S. Senate again and again he lost. In what seemed like a futile effort he sought the party's nomination to run for the presidency of the United States.
Life is full of battles.
We find ourselves facing struggles and sometimes it seems like the struggles have won. The truth is that we are never defeated unless we give up. The victor is not the person that has never lost. The victor is the person who gets knocked down and gets back up again. The victor is the person who refuses to let life's defeats stop them from going on.