“In this slipshod age, we need object lessons in language and thought. – Edith Wharton on an address by John Hay”
John Taliaferro“When we get to Heaven, we can try a monarchy, perhaps." John Hay”
John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt“Good luck belongs to those who know how and are not afraid." John Hay to President Theodore Roosevelt”
John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt“John Hay points to our our history of getting lost in suffering when, "so close together were pain and antidote.”
John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt“John Hay on Lincoln: "He always worked with things as they were, while never relinquishing the desire to make them better.”
John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt“In this slipshod age, we need object lessons in language and thought. – Edith Wharton on an address by John Hay”
John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt“I like to introduce myself, because THEN I can get in all the facts." The usually self-deprecating John Hay on the ironic formality of signing his own commission as Secretary of State.”
John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt“John Hay indicates that dealing with people directly as a holder of political office "requires a stronger heart and a more obedient nervous system than I possess.”
John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt“Henry Adams observes that John Hay has the ability to take the world as a whole rather than pulling it to pieces in criticism. He also observes that, in the routine of a stressful job, this perspective is challenged”
John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt“Beaten armies always shout, "TREASON!”
John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt“He did not so much follow his father's example as his father's vision.”
John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt