"  It  was  a  great  shame,"  he  said  emphatically.  "  What  a  pity !  I
suppose  there  always  are  two  sides  to  a  story,  and  there  may  have  been
lots  of  outs  about  Hamilton-  -but  I  don't  care  ;  he  was  a  great  man,  and  I
say  three  cheers  for  him."

"We  are  none  of  us  perfect,  Jack,"  said  Uncle  Tom;  "but  I  am  trying
to  show  you  young  folks,  in  our  great  Americans,  the  things  to  remember,


TREES    PLANTED    BY   HAMILTON.
Convent  Avenue,  New  York.
IN    THE    NATION  S    FIRST    CAPITAL


not  the  things  to  forget.  Alexander  Hamilton  was  born  to  be  great.
Marshall,  our  foremost  Chief  Justice,  ranked  him  next  to  Washington.  No
man  has  made  a  deeper  mark  on  American  history,  or  is  entitled  to  a  more
exalted  station  in  the  remembrance  of  the  republic.  He  was  a  great  orator,,


THE    HAMILTON    GRANGE.
On  Convent  Avenue,  New  York;   now  a  school.
a  great  lawyer,  the  ablest  politician  and  statesman  of  his  day,  a  fine  soldier,
an  organizer  without  a  rival.  Whatever  he  touched  he  mastered,  and  if
ever  he  made  a  mistake  he  was  not  afraid  to  say  so.  But  though  some-
times mistaken,  he  never  failed.  Hamilton's  name  stands  for  success,  and
his  story  should  be  an  inspiration  to  the  boys  and  girls  of  America,  for  it
shows  them  that  worthy  ambition  rightly  pursued  brings  to  men  merited
success  and  enduring  fame."

o

"Albert,   my  son,"   said  Jack,    patting  his   cousin    on    the   head,    ''be  a
Hamilton."


THE    DUEL.
JOHN    NIXON    READING   THE   DECLARATION    OF   INDEPENDENCE   IN
THE   STATE   HOUSE   YARD,  PHILADELPHIA,  JULY  8,  1776.
