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JAY TO GOUVERNEUR MORRIS. 83
leave our approbation, and good wishes, and a certain
degree of regard with them, by way of paying that
part of the reckoning and travelling expenses which
money cannot always defray. My affections are
deeply rooted in America, and are of too long standing to admit of transplantation. In short, my friend,
I can never become so far a citizen of the world as to
view every part of it with equal regard; and perhaps
nature is wiser in tying our hearts to our native soil,
than they are who think they divest themselves of
foibles in proportion as they wear away those bonds.
It is not difficult to regard men of every nation as
members of the same family ; but when placed in that
point of view, my fellow-citizens appear to me as my
brethren, and the others as related to me only in the
more distant and adventitious degrees.
I am glad my letter by Mr. Grigby gave you reason
to infer an alteration for the better in the state of my
health, because I flatter myself it afforded pleasure to
my friends. The fact is, that my disorder has been
gradually declining ever since I left the city ; but
although the pain in my breast has diminished, it still
continues, and daily tells me memento mori. As to
the fever which the influenza left me, it has at last,
thank God, taken its leave. During all my sickness
I have been happy in preserving a constant flow of
spirits ; and cheerfulness, that agreeable companion,
has never forsaken me. I hope a trip to Bath will so
patch up my "house of clay" as to render it tenanta-
ble a good while longer ; a thorough repair I do not
promise myself.
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 3 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place of Publication | New York, London |
| Date | [1890-93] |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000118 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | JAY TO GOUVERNEUR MORRIS. 83 leave our approbation, and good wishes, and a certain degree of regard with them, by way of paying that part of the reckoning and travelling expenses which money cannot always defray. My affections are deeply rooted in America, and are of too long standing to admit of transplantation. In short, my friend, I can never become so far a citizen of the world as to view every part of it with equal regard; and perhaps nature is wiser in tying our hearts to our native soil, than they are who think they divest themselves of foibles in proportion as they wear away those bonds. It is not difficult to regard men of every nation as members of the same family ; but when placed in that point of view, my fellow-citizens appear to me as my brethren, and the others as related to me only in the more distant and adventitious degrees. I am glad my letter by Mr. Grigby gave you reason to infer an alteration for the better in the state of my health, because I flatter myself it afforded pleasure to my friends. The fact is, that my disorder has been gradually declining ever since I left the city ; but although the pain in my breast has diminished, it still continues, and daily tells me memento mori. As to the fever which the influenza left me, it has at last, thank God, taken its leave. During all my sickness I have been happy in preserving a constant flow of spirits ; and cheerfulness, that agreeable companion, has never forsaken me. I hope a trip to Bath will so patch up my "house of clay" as to render it tenanta- ble a good while longer ; a thorough repair I do not promise myself. |
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