"He is polite with dignity, affable without formality, distant without haughtiness, grave without austerity; modest, wise and good."
— George Washington

January 1, 1970

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Abigail Adams, in a letter to John Adams, 1789; from Alexander Hamilton (2004) by Ron Chernow, p. 279