Healy, G. P. A. (George Peter Alexander), 1813-1894 · Chicago : A.C. McClurg and Company · leaf 182
ith theKin 2f. O After all, public men, even the best ofthem, are obliged to be good actors. Itdoes not prevent them from being truefriends to the few they really care for.As to the others, they wish merely to bepopular; popularity is as necessary tothem as the air they breathe. In September, 1845,… … yOI/X QUINCY ADAMS. American Statesmen. 153 predecessors at the White House, hecontinued to mix actively in politics afterhis term of office. When he sat to mehe was a member of Congress, and wascalled the old man eloquent. Hisconversation was most varied and inter-esting ; so much so that at the…
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