ndependent American policy,
324, 325;
opposes foreign educational influences, 325, 326;
favors foundation of a national university, 326;
breadth and strength of his national feeling, 327;
absence of boastfulness about country, 328;
faith in it, 328;
charge that he was merely a figure-head, 329;
its injustice, 330;
charged with commonplaceness of intellect, 330;
incident of the deathbed explained, 330, 331;
falsity of the charge, 331;
inability of mere moral qualities to achieve what he did, 331;
charged with dullness and coldness, 332;
his seriousness, 333;
responsibility from early youth, 333;
his habits of keen observation, 333;
power of judging men, 334;
ability to use them for what they were worth, 335;
anecdote of advice to Hamilton and Meade, 335;
deceived only by Arnold, 336;
imperfect education, 337;
continual efforts to improve it, 337, 338;
modest regarding his literary ability, 339, 340;
interested in education, 339;
character of his writing, 340;
tastes in reading, 341;
modest but effective in conversation, 342;
his manner and interest described by Bernard, 343-347;
attractiveness of the picture, 347, 348;
his pleasure in society, 348;
power of paying compliments, letter to Mrs. Stockton, 349;
to Charles Thompson, 350;
to De Chastellux, 351;
his warmth of heart, 352;
extreme exactness in pecuniary matters, 352;
illustrative anecdotes, 353,354;
favorable opinion of teller of anecdotes, 356;
stern towards dishonesty or cowardice, 357;
treatment of Andre and Asgill, 357, 358;
sensitive to human suffering, 357, 358;
kind and courteous to poor, 359;
conversation with Cleaveland, 359;
sense of dignity in public office, 360;
hospitality at Mt. Vernon, 360, 361;
his intimate friendships, 361,362;
relations with Hamilton, Knox, Mason, Henry Lee, Craik, 362, 363;
the officers of the army, 363;
Trumbull, Robert and Gouverneur Morris, 363;
regard for and courtesy toward Franklin, 364;
love for Lafayette, 365;
care for his family, 366;
lasting regard for Fairfaxes, 366, 367;
kindness to Taft family, 367, 368;
destroys correspondence with his wife, 368;
their devoted relationship, 368;
care for his step-children and relatives, 369, 370;
charged with lack of humor, 371;
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