“I have always felt that the ocean was my friend." President James A. Garfield was confined to the White House after he had been shot. All of the windows were shut up tight as per Dr. Bliss's orders. Garfield wanted to go to the ocean.” His doctor refused for him to be allowed to go right away, but he was finally allowed to go. He died days after arriving in a home near the ocean where he watched the ocean.This information is from Destny Republic by Candice Millard.
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