ability to use them for what they were worth, 335;
anecdote of advice to Hamilton and Meade, 335;
deceived only by Arnold, 336;
imperfect education, 337;
continual efforts to improve it, 337, 338;
modest regarding his literary ability, 339, 340;
interested in education, 339;
character of his writing, 340;
tastes in reading, 341;
modest but effective in conversation, 342;