John Jay (Classic Reprint)

The public life of John Jay was so active and varied that it is almost impossible to compress the essential facts in a small compass without losing much of their interest and suggestiveness. Moreover, he was by disposition so reticent and unimpulsive, so completely self-controlled, that there is scarcely any material for constructing a history of his inner private life. lie was singularly free from those faults wliich, trivial or serious, attract mens love by exciting their sympathy or pity.
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