A man is as old as his arteries and his interests. If he permits his economic, religious, or social arteries to harden, or loses interest in whatever concerns mankind... he will need only six feet of earth.

Later life
After leaving government service in 1921 Daniels resumed the editorship of the Raleigh News and Observer. Ambassador to Mexico
President Roosevelt appointed his former boss at the Department of the Navy as United States Ambassador to Mexico. OCLC 1523367
1924 -- The Life of Woodrow Wilson 1856-1924.

Josephus Daniels (May 18 1862 – January 15 1948) was a newspaper editor and publiJosephus Danielsr from North Carolina who was appointed by United States President Woodrow Wilson to serve as Secretary of the Navy during World War I.