In some cases, muscle weakness that happens suddenly, especially on one side of the body, can be a sign of stroke. If it occurs along with severe abdominal pain, it may by a symptom of botulism.
He seems like a great candidate to be the author of âGo west, young man,â since he did exactly that. But itâs hard to prove that Soule, not Horace Greeley, coined the famous appeal. In November 1853, the Soule brothers bought The Wabash Express from Kentuckian Donald S. Danaldson, who had acquired it in 1845.
Instead, he said âGo West; this is not the place for a young man.â. Wherever the phrase originated, as late as 1871, a year before his death, Greeley was still urging New Englanders and down-and-out men tired of Washington, D.C.âs bad food and high prices to hit the western trails.