"In spite, however, of his undersize, Thomas had succeeded in winning the hand of a woman fifteen inches taller than himself.
"Frank's Campaign or the Farm and the Camp"
Horatio Alger, Jr.
Fletcher was rather undersize, and he spoke of that fact as a hindrance to success in life, in addition to the disposition to compare him with his father.
"Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1"
George Boutwell