Quotes by Joseph J. Ellis, The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789

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It took him (Washington) more than a year to gain control over his own aggressive instincts. — Joseph J. Ellis, The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789
It took him (Washington) more than a year to gain control over his own aggressive instincts. — Joseph J. Ellis, The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789
Contemporaries of Alexander Hamilton noticed "his conspicuous sense of self-possession, his unique combination of sereni — Joseph J. Ellis, The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789
Contemporaries of Alexander Hamilton noticed "his conspicuous sense of self-possession, his unique combination of sereni — Joseph J. Ellis, The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789
Adams had gone to Harvard, Jefferson to William and Mary. Washington had gone to war. — Joseph J. Ellis, The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789
Adams had gone to Harvard, Jefferson to William and Mary. Washington had gone to war. — Joseph J. Ellis, The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789