one fourth it is said of the of his successor in his housekeeping public or private there was only one thing much to be boasted of and remarked upon strange to say t� at was the master of the house he was never by his own brass and mahogany he had what are called habits and served himself in preference to being served by others he treated all that were about him with a marked deference and courtesy carrying his respect for human rights into the details of common life john he was a model of diligence though not perhaps very his state papers prepared while he was minister secretary or member of his numerous and � though not always distinguished for that orderly arrangement of parts which is instinctive with minds of a high philosophical character � are yet astonishing for their number and the wide learning they display he was well acquainted tlie classic and most modern languages at home in their he was familiar with modern � no political man was so thoroughly acquainted with the political history of america and that of christian europe the last two hundred years he was widely read and in all that relates to and to law he was fond of and commented on more like a professor than a in that department few in america it is said were so widely read in their peculiar lore as he he had read much i l much understood much however he seems to liave mi little attention to physical science and perhaps less to his speeches and his conversation though neither brilliant nor rich in ideas astonished yoimg men with an of learning which seemed marvellous in one all his hfe devoted to practical affairs but this is a trifle to achieve that nothing is needed but health diligence memory land a long life mr had all these he had higher qualities lie loved his country perhaps no man more so he had patriotism in an heroic degree yet was not thereby blinded to humanity he thought it a principle of human society that each nation should contribute to the of all and therefore that no nation should its conduct by the exclusive or even the consideration of its own interest yet he loved his his whole country and when she was in the wrong he told her so because he loved her this said he would be a r sentiment our country may she be always whether successful or not � may she be always in ttie right ho saw the faults of america � saw the corruption of the american government he did not make gain by this in private � but set an honest face against it he was a conscientious man this peculiarity is strongly marked in most of life he respected the limit between s john right and wrong he did not it thy of a to refer to moral principles � the absolutely right i do not mean to say that in his whole life there was no departure from the strict rule of duty i have mentioned some examples but kept one more for this place he pursued persons with a certain of spirit i will not revive again the aid quarrels nor dig up his hard words long ago consigned to oblivion it would be unjust to the living he was what is called a good if he loved an idea he seemed to hate the man who opposed it he was not content with replying he must also retort though it weakened the force of the reply in his on persons he was sometimes unjust sharp and sometimes cruel and even barbarous did he ever for an enemy every opponent was a foe and he his foes with an iron and them with a storm most awful specimens of which the language can be found in his words � bitter and i am sorry to say these it hurts my feelings to say them not less to hear but it is not our fault they are true � it would be none if they were true i did not on this occasion point them out in warning words mr says that was conscientious and it is ei true of himself perhaps mr had little humor but a giant s wit ho used it and like a giant wit has its place in debate in it is a legitimate weapon offensive and after one has beaten the single corn of good sense out of a whole wagon load of ch ff the easiest way to be rid of the rubbish is to burn it up with the lightning of wit the danger is that the begin before the separation is made that the fire the good and bad indifferently when argument is edged and pointed with wit it is doubly effective but when that edge is jagged with ill will too with personal then it becomes a weapon unworthy of a man sometimes mr used his wit as fairly as his wisdom and bags of wind on which might have stamped and beaten a but in vain � at a single from that keen wit gave up ghost and into nothing a vanity to ail men but a vexation of spirit to him who had blown them full of his own soul but sometimes � often mr s wit a different j art it sits as a judge � unjust and � often deciding wrong and john adam when right from wrong motives it was the small dagger with which he smote the fallen foe it is a poor praise for a famous man � or � to beat a with his own weapons it must be confessed that ia mr s arrows were sharp and but they were often and sometimes poison true he encountered more political opposition than any man in the nation for more than forty years he has never been 