. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . s his chosen home; so, for our purpose,we can, I think, claim him as a New York man. At any rate, I prefer so toconsider him at this stage of the inquiry ; for, except for Grant and Hamil-ton, another adopted citizen, New York can lay claim to few really historiccharacters, and to still less really great ones. Men drift here from onereason or another, and thus become identified with the metropolis; but thenative has never been exceptional for greatness. They were in New York. Roger had come on
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . s his chosen home; so, for our purpose,we can, I think, claim him as a New York man. At any rate, I prefer so toconsider him at this stage of the inquiry ; for, except for Grant and Hamil-ton, another adopted citizen, New York can lay claim to few really historiccharacters, and to still less really great ones. Men drift here from onereason or another, and thus become identified with the metropolis; but thenative has never been exceptional for greatness. They were in New York. Roger had come on for a visit, and UncleTom, finding his tourists all together and eager for investigation, had pro-posed a continuation of their study of famous Americans, suggesting a tripto Philadelphia after they had paid their respects to New York. From this had sprung Rogers query and Uncle Toms reply. Jack,however, objected with true Knickerbocker loyalty. Oh, see here, Uncle Tom, he cried, you must be wrong. I 11 bet Ican name a dozen creat men who were New Yorkers. 5o THE CENTURY BOOK OF FAMOUS AMERICANS. JOHN JAY. is great Americanspeoples stamp of greatness,count all the really ^^ten fingers. There are J Here, here. Inch-you are dropping into ?to take you in hand, Why, what did Iinnocently. It s allcommunications corruptAmong historic Ameri-claim many: John Jay,United States, a patriotClintons, George andgovernors ; the two Liv- Name them, Jack, and I 11 forgive the bet,returned Uncle Tom. I m listening with hesitated. Well, he said slowly, if Iwere as well posted as you are, I could do know I could ; but you know, Uncle Tom, I vegot an awfully good forgettery. The other boys were inclined to charge Jackwith something technically known in boy languageas a crawl, and Uncle Tom laughed heartily. Well, let me help you, Jack, he said. Recollect that our particular line of research and by greatness I mean popular adoption — the When you attempt that test you can _ I---
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