Show OF HIGH ESTATE Ano ancestors estorg distin gulshen for centuries high ideals of the farst president a heritage from men who had made england great february 22 1 Is tho birthday of that son on of virginia and of f old stock of the british islee isles without whose whoso high en deavor and fortitude there would pes ably ulily not be upon the eurth earth today a united state states of america it 1 Is worth pur qui while from time to time finie even in nn an irreverent and forgetful ngo age to remind our sely what price was us paid by those who went before us for tho the heritage we iwo enjoy and what virtues were practiced by them to snake that payment possible and to complete their purchase ivan of a type that might fare III at die the polls these theme days he ile uns oe austere with nn an austerity that morne of life contemporaries termed ar rog fince lie ile was wan dignified with a dignity that would III nt the manners of i lie the hustings and appeals for votes notes today he believed in the leadership of those whose attainments qualified them thein for leadership ile thought that education and experience in handling large private affairs were useful to men with large public at af aulm under the control of an iron will he liaa violent passions which now and ngim flamed out at co or demagoguery or corruption ile possessed what was thon then the largest private fortune in the t thirteen colon colonies leo he traced his blood for cen turf aurles through a line of english coun try gentlemen 11 and be maintained the use of a coat of granted his fore bears a coat of arms perpetuated by its suggestion of the coat of arms and flag of the american union he lie waa was moral heir of the barons who ho exacted the great charter from king john at runnymede of the school of john and the earlier oliver cromwell Crom welly rather than of and Bere Bare bonce bones he would have been at tit home with the men who ousted james XI II rather than with those iho ho finally beheaded fa charles the son the washington noton elm at cambridge mass under which the general took command of the continental 3 1776 1775 first there was nothing in him tol arant of of the wat eylers that england has bas bred along with her kidneys and drakes and Fair faxes and Love laces he believed in the propriety of great social justice in his lith time did not exact of americans the attention given to economic justice the right to work and trade and be properly paid for the doing and that in turn tum gave way in the public mind in nd to the related rule of political justice so it came about that the revolution was initiated fought and won on the ancient principle of the tile british constitution no without representation which the col co inlets declared should govern this tilts side of abu atlantic as veil well washington believed that great pos sessions se talons of mind or of matter Ini impose great gnat obligations he belliel bel leel leed that the ableman able man owed a debt to his tits fel low iowa in the measure of his ability and he be carried into bt hie public serice sen ice a forU fortitude tude which no disaster could break a sense of duty no tion could swerve and a conscience which willingly risked life for anne we and sacred honor for the public cause in which he was alsted nl sted he ile set no store on lofty station save as it gave opportunity to help hia his country and hie his countrymen and for the self seeker and th the time ser sener er he entertained tho contempt visited alk like wise upon the tho poltroon and the clinda ajtan O 0 hotd D SULGRAVE eUL GRAVE MANOR HOUSE |