ALEXANDER HAMILTON 



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foundiDg a government he founded a nation. His versa- 

 tility was extraordiuaiy. He was a great orator and 

 lawyer, and he was also the ablest political and constitu- 

 tional writer of his day, a good soldier, and possessed of 

 a wonderful capacity for organization and practical ad- 

 ministration. He was a master in every field he entered 

 and never failed." Such was the man who inherited his 

 keen, intellectual powers from his Scotch father, and his 

 fascinating vivacity and ardent temperament from his 

 Huguenot mother. 



The Grange, as it appeuiod m Hamilton's time. From an old print 



