Burr’s character was essentially masculine; but his intellect, if the two can be separated, was of a feminine cast. In politics, in law & in life generally he was always concerned with the concrete, the particular & the practical. He had no interest in the abstract or in general principles, and very little imagination or originality. His creative faculty was as slight as his critical faculty was large. It was his forte not to open a discussion, but to close it. To the material of a discussion, Burr, generally speaking, could contribute little. But, when all the principles applicable to the matter in hand, whether it was political or legal, had been advanced, when all the arguments pro and con had been stated, Burr had a masterly power of summing them up, and deducing from them the inevitable conclusions.
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Charles Burr Todd, Aaron Burr. 

To contextualize this passage, the author goes on to describe and bring in examples of how Burr was constantly playing left-brain to Hamilton’s right-brain during their encounters in and out of court. [“Burr was terse and convincing, while Hamilton was flowing and rapturous. They were much the greatest men in this State, and perhaps the greatest men in the United States.”]

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