THIRTY-SEVEN Deadlock

"General, you are now at the head of the army," Burr had told him. "You are a man of the first talents and of vast influence. Our consitution is a miserable paper machine. You have it in your power to demolish it and give us a proper one and you owe it to your friends and the country to do it." To which Hamilton said he replied, "Why Col. Burr, in the first place, the little army I command is totally inadequate to the object you mention. And in the second place, if the army were adequate, I am too much troubled with that thing called morality to make the attempt." Reverting to French, Burr pooh-poohed this timidity: "General, all things are moral to great souls!"
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(In an abrupt volte-face, on January 29, 1800, Jefferson, after learning that Napoleon had made himself dictator, wrote, "It is very material for the...[American people] to be made sensible that their own character and situation are materially different from the French." Hamilton had been saying this for a decade.)
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On another note, 上一章是在想AH都把自己毁成这样了，不要说整个国家，联邦党也不太信他，怎么还会“It's up to Hamilton”呢……事实是，AH花了很大力气黑Burr，结果Senate票数一样，House又tie了35轮。但是他写信轰炸Delaware唯一一个众议员，（可能）影响了他去和共和党达成协议。