In a letter to his children, he remorsefully wrote, "From start to finish, I have felt hesitant to proceed in this grown-up's legal war because you were inclined to stay in America."
在給孩子的信中，他戚戚地寫道：「在這場大人的法律戰爭裡，始終是你們傾向留美的意願讓我投鼠忌器。」