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The author observes that the friendship of John Hay and Charles Francis Adams benefited from a physical distance that required correspondence, meaning that feelings only implied in person had to be explicitly expressed.
John Hay points to our our history of getting lost in suffering when, "so close together were pain and antidote.
The poet is poor, but the orator is made by cultivation." Horace
Beaten armies always shout, "TREASON!
The Admiral so regrets failure, he cannot THINK of success.
He did not so much follow his father's example as his father's vision.
He found Washington at once august and disgusting.
When we get to Heaven, we can try a monarchy, perhaps." John Hay
I like to introduce myself, because THEN I can get in all the facts." The usually self-deprecating John Hay on the ironic formality of signing his own commission as Secretary of State.
In Washington, the venerable were often vulnerable.
He had no desire to grandstand for his country or himself.
Henry Adams observes that John Hay has the ability to take the world as a whole rather than pulling it to pieces in criticism. He also observes that, in the routine of a stressful job, this perspective is challenged
Behind those thick glasses (of TR's) was a man who did not blink.
