Show the character of washington notwithstanding his reserve or the shyness upon which his blogna pliers descant washington knew k new men and how to rule them he may have lacked elements of companionship comp anion shiP but he knew how to control the patriotism of the country and mold to his will the rather un promising material of which the patri ot army was composed there were pet ty jealousies to allay in the army and in congress and a thousand age ments to surmount through it all he followed calmly his guiding star of hope the earlier eulogists defied him the colder and more philosophy philo sophi cal analysts who succeeded them found human traits in him mr hale sas sacs he was a man of hot passions of strong impulses of vigorous deter mi nation a man who forecast the future kept it in sight right and meant to have his own way and he was a man who had his own way very re mar kably all this is very delightful to know it brings washington into kinship with humanity this Is a hero who mas be understood in part at least by americans of the most distant age |