Homes of American statesmen: . py to see Col. Burr at—(naming thehour) ; but M. Talleyrand thinks it due to Col. Burr to state,that he always has the miniature of General Hamilton hang-ing over his mantel-piGce. In contemplating the life of Hamilton, it is of course im-possible not to feel the deepest regret that so much genius, somuch usefulness, and so much promise, should have been soprematurely cut off. Great as was his actual performance, itis natural and reasonable to suppose that the results of hisyouth and early manhood would have been far eclipsed bythose of his splendid maturity. But
Homes of American statesmen: . py to see Col. Burr at—(naming thehour) ; but M. Talleyrand thinks it due to Col. Burr to state,that he always has the miniature of General Hamilton hang-ing over his mantel-piGce. In contemplating the life of Hamilton, it is of course im-possible not to feel the deepest regret that so much genius, somuch usefulness, and so much promise, should have been soprematurely cut off. Great as was his actual performance, itis natural and reasonable to suppose that the results of hisyouth and early manhood would have been far eclipsed bythose of his splendid maturity. But as it is, he lived longenough for glory. The influence of his presence and man-ners, the excitements in which he mingled when alive—every HAMILTON. 259 thing which tends to give a fictitious importance to presentgreatness, have passed away. But his reputation, which somehave thought to rest upon these very circumstances, stands un-affected by their decay,—a fact which sufficiently attests theenduring nature of his
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