Tumulty: To no purpose, now.
The Scene closes.
Scene V.
—The Presidential Room at the Capitol, Washington. Just before 12 noon on March 4th, 1921.
Woodrow Wilson, Marshall, the Vice-President, and Tumulty are waiting for the hour to strike that will make Warren Harding President of the United States of America, and Wilson a free citizen again.
Wilson: They have been great years to live in. I’ve tried to be worthy of them.
Tumulty: And succeeded, with Lincoln and George Washington, Governor.
Wilson (shyly): You put me in mighty good company. Anyone can be great in great times. The events we’ve been through called for something superhuman. I wish I could have given that.
Marshall: No man could have done more, Mr. President. Some day the world will see it.
Wilson: Marshall, I’m not ambitious for the world to see any such thing. I want my work to prosper. That is all.