【正文】
irely the remendations of either his Secretary of State(國(guó)務(wù)卿)Thomas Jefferson, who was proFrench(親法的), or his Secretary of the Treasury(財(cái)政部長(zhǎng))Alexander Hamilton, who was proBritish. Rather, he insisted upon a neutral course until the United States could grow stronger.To his disappointment, two parties were developing by the end of his first term. Wearied of politics, feeling old, he retired at the end of his second. In his Farewell Address, he urged his countrymen to forswear(發(fā)誓拋棄) excessive party spirit(貶義,指對(duì)本黨派的熱情)and geographical distinctions. In foreign affairs, he warned against longterm alliances.Washington enjoyed less than three years of retirement at Mount Vernon, for he died of a throat infection December 14, 1799. For months the Nation mourned him.