وعندما قدم لكي يوقع الميثاق كانت يده شبه مخدرة وترتجف لانه كان قد صافح الآلاف من الايدي في حفل راس السنة
But as he was about to put his signature on the Proclamation his own hand was numb and shaking because he had shaken a thousand hands that morning at a New Year's reception.