. The photographic history of the civil . io. His mother, Hannah Simpson, was of a sterling Amer-ican family of pioneers, noted for integrity, truthfulness, andsturdy independence of character. She was a noble woman ofstrong character, and it was from her that the son inherited hisremarkable capacity for reticence, tempered in him by an oc-casional relapse into the garrulity of his father. If he was in-capable of indirection in thought or speech, he could be silentwhen speech might betray what he did not wish to have known. Among his friends, when occasion served, he was a fluentand inte
. The photographic history of the civil . io. His mother, Hannah Simpson, was of a sterling Amer-ican family of pioneers, noted for integrity, truthfulness, andsturdy independence of character. She was a noble woman ofstrong character, and it was from her that the son inherited hisremarkable capacity for reticence, tempered in him by an oc-casional relapse into the garrulity of his father. If he was in-capable of indirection in thought or speech, he could be silentwhen speech might betray what he did not wish to have known. Among his friends, when occasion served, he was a fluentand interesting talker. He never gossiped, never used profaneor vulgar language, was charitable and generous to a fault,and considerate in his treatment of all. He was good-naturedand fond of his joke. Uncomplaining self-control was char-acteristic of both mother and son, as was also equability oftemper and saving common sense. To estimate Grant correctly, it is necessary to considerhim apart from the personal influences by which he was swayed, * [381.
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