Show r Nature and andI I kI Fortune ti Never Mu Made Mude MadeA de del A l Better fetter Man i Thomas J. J in Current I ONE of ot the recent biographers biographers raphers of or Washington has bas given ghen us so Just and true a picture of the man man manas as ast t that drawn by Jefferson on more than a century ago I think I knew General Washington Intimately and thoroughly lie liC said His mind was great and powerful without being of ot the very first order his p penetration netro- netro I tion ion strong though thought not so acute as that of or Newton or Bacon or Locke and as far far- farus faras as us he saw no Judgment was was' ever sounder It was slow In operation being little aided by Invention Invention In In- or Imagination but sure In Inco co collusion Hence the common re reo mU min maut j of his officers of oC the advantage tage tape he derived from rom councils of war where hearing henring all atI suggestions he lie selected whatever was best hest He Ho was Incapable of fear meetIng meetIng meeting meet- meet Ing personal dangers with the calmest unconcern Perhaps the strongest feature In his character was was prudence never acting until every circumstance every consideration consideration consider consider- was vas maturely weighed reHearing reI re re- I II I II I I s I k r Hearing All Suggestions He Selected Select Select- ed Whatever Was Best framing It If he saw a doubt but when once decided going through with his purpose whatever obstacles op op- posed posea His heart was not warm In Its affections but he exactly calculated every mans man's value and gave him a I solid d esteem proportioned to it It j It may y be true he said that never did cUd nature and fortune combine more perfectly to make a great man and to place him In the same constellation con con- I with whatever worthies ha have ve merited from man everlasting everlasting ing remembrance After all has hns been said sald It was Washington's character which was supremely great which was responsible responsible responsible sible for the greatness of his achievements In the Revolution ne It t was the me trust In Washington which held together a faltering and ontI discouraged dis dis- people which tided time the country over o the darkest t hours which was responsible for the eventual e victory After peace had been won it was wag this trust In Washington which made It lt possible for a disunited people to attain enduring strength and unity There have been heen greater great great- er generals than Washington greater great great- er statesmen there has been no greater character r. r When Wilen the writIngs writings writ writ- Ings of his detractors have passed Into obscurity his hla memory will remain re re- main maln what It has hns aiwa always s 's been a sacred legacy legac to the American people peo peo- |