controversy over site of church, 381;
his careful domestic economy, 382;
love of method, 383;
of excellence in dress and furniture, 383, 384;
gives dignity to American cause, 385;
his personal appearance, 385;
statements of Houdon, 386;
of Ackerson, 386, 387;
his tremendous muscular strength, 388;
great personal impressiveness, 389, 390;
lacking in imagination, 391;
strong passions, 391;
fierce temper, 392;
anecdotes of outbreaks, 392;
his absence of self-love, 393;
confident in judgment of posterity, 393;
religious faith, 394;
summary and conclusion, 394, 395.
Characteristics of.
General view, ii. 304-395;
general admiration for, i.
1-7;
myths about, i. 9-12, ii.
307 ff.;
comparisons with Jefferson,
ii. 69;
with Lincoln, ii. 310-312;
with Hampden, ii. 312, 313;
absence of self-seeking, i.
341;
affectionateness, i. 111,
285,331,345, ii. 332, 362-371;
agreeableness, ii. 344-347,
377;
Americanism, ii. 307-328;
aristocratic habits, ii. 314,
316;
business ability, i. 105,
109, ii. 5, 352, 382;
coldness on occasion, i. 223,
224, 263, ii. 318;
courage, i. 77, 78, 86, 127,
168, 292;
dignity, i. 81,161, ii. 52-57,
76;
hospitality, ii. 360;
impressiveness, i. 56, 83,
130, 138, 319, ii. 385;
indomitableness, i. 177, 181,
227;
judgments of men, i. 295,
ii. 64, 86, 334, 335;
justice and sternness, i.
287, 330, ii. 203, 352-358, 389;
kindliness, ii. 349-356, 359;
lack of education, i. 62,
ii. 337;
love of reading, i. 62, ii.
341, 342;
love of sport, i. 56, 98,
113-116, 118, ii. 380;
manners, ii. 282-283, 314;
military ability, i. 154,
166, 174, 183, 197, 204, 207, 239, 247,
265, 267, 305-320, ii. 331;
modesty, i. 102, 134;
not a figure-head, ii. 329,
330;
not a prig, i. 10-12, 41-47;
not cold and inhuman, ii.
332, 342;
not dull or commonplace, ii.
330, 332;
not superhuman and distant,
i. 9, 10, 12, ii. 304, 305;
open-mindedness, ii. 317;
passionateness, i. 58, 73,
90;
personal appearance, i. 57,
136, 137, ii. 282, 343, 385-389;
religious views, i. 321, ii.
393;
romantic traits, i. 95-97;
sense of humor, ii. 371-377;
silence regarding self, i.
14, 69, 70, 116, 129, 285; ii. 37, 336;
simplicity, i. 59, 69, 348;
ii. 50, 340;
sobriety, i. 49, 52, 134;
ii. 43, 45, 333, 373;
tact, i. 162, 243, 244-246;
temper, i. 73, 92, 110, 168,
236, 237, 260; ii. 98, 392;
thoroughness, i. 112, 323,
341, ii. 381.