He said that he knew the politics of all Europe." [Footnote: Rush's Residence at the Court of London.] "It was while Mr.Adams was Minister of the United States in London, that it was my personal good fortune to be admitted to his intimacy and friendship.

Being then in London on private business, and having some previous acquaintance with Mr.Adams, I found in his house an ever kind welcome, and in his intercourse and conversation unfailing attraction and improvement.

Accustomed as he had been from earliest youth to the society of the most eminent persons in Europe, alike in station and in ability, Mr.Adams never lost the entire simplicity of his own habits and character.

Under an exterior of, at times, almost repulsive coldness, dwelt a heart as warm, sympathies as quick, and affections as overflowing, as ever animated any bosom.

His tastes, too, were all refined.