...news-writers of Europe to depreciate his character, etc. But as Shakespeare says: "Trifles light as air," etc. I am persuaded, however, that he means well for his...and in some things, absolutely out of his senses. When the commercial article, mentioned in yours of the 26th, was struck out of our proposed preliminaries...

...newswriters of Europe to depreciate his character, &,c. But as Shakspeare says, "Trifles light as air," &,c. I am persuaded, however, that he means well for his...and in some things, absolutely out of his senses. When the commercial article, mentioned in yours of the 26th was struck out of our proposed preliminaries...

...selfrighteous, he found himself even more of a prickly pear. When Franklin wrote from France that Adams was "always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes,...and in some things, absolutely out of his senses," he was saying something that Adams had known about himself for years. It seems irreverent to pin a...