It is in the power of the Federalists to force her to peace, but they will not do it, so she will force us to do it." As in most discussions, political or otherwise, neither party seems to have been convinced by the arguments of the other, for the parents continue to urge him to leave politics alone; indeed, they insist on his doing so.

They also urge him to make every effort to support himself, if he should decide to spend another year abroad, for they fear that they will be unable to send him any more money.

However, the father, when he became convinced that it was really to his son's interest to spend another year abroad, contrived to send him another thousand dollars.

This was done at the cost of great self-sacrifice on the part of himself and his family, and was all the more praiseworthy on that account.
In a letter from his brother Edwards, written also on the 17th of November, is this passage: "I must defer giving my reasons for thinking Poetry superior to Painting; I will mention only a few of the principles upon which I found my judgment.

Genius in both these arts is the power of making impressions.