The public services of Gouverneur Morris to 1787 . the convention had refused tofollow the path he thouf^ht it should. As long as it rms progress,Morris v;as satisfied. 2Iorris was undoubtedly one of the greatest men convention. Because of a lack of specific evidence for a mansinfluence, it is difficult to detfermino what rank should begive- any man in that assembly. ?ew ren, however, could e.;ual Lior-riss keen intellect and brilliant genius. IJn man there foughtmore aggressivly firr the propositions he favored. IIo man was frank-er in the objects he sought to attain. Tlorriss
The public services of Gouverneur Morris to 1787 . the convention had refused tofollow the path he thouf^ht it should. As long as it rms progress,Morris v;as satisfied. 2Iorris was undoubtedly one of the greatest men convention. Because of a lack of specific evidence for a mansinfluence, it is difficult to detfermino what rank should begive- any man in that assembly. ?ew ren, however, could e.;ual Lior-riss keen intellect and brilliant genius. IJn man there foughtmore aggressivly firr the propositions he favored. IIo man was frank-er in the objects he sought to attain. Tlorriss greatest faultwas his c^Tiioism and his deep rooted distrust of all riankind. Hecould not interpret any act as moving from generous or unselfishmotives, but continually ascribed to his fellow men the basestvices. It was this fault which caused some of his id^as to bo sodisliked, and it was the same fault which kept him from being agreater man tlian he was. Notwithstanding his faults, Oouverneur Ilorris was fl) Sparks, Gcuverneur Liorris, I, 286,. 86 one of the groatest Americans of his period, and theje are but fev/of his contemporaries to vhorn we cv/e nore for their efforts inestablishing the American Gorainonwealth. Finis.
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