PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE Political revolutions are the opportunity of youth.

In England, Pitt and Fox; in America, Hamilton and Gouverneur Morris; in Europe, Napoleon and Pozzo di Borgo, before they reached their thirtieth year, helped to shape the political destiny of nations.

The early maturity of Gallatin was no less remarkable.

In his voluminous correspondence there is no trace of youth.

At nineteen his habits of thought were already formed, and his moral and intellectual tendencies were clearly marked in his character, and understood by himself.