| Show Nature and Fortune Never Made MadeA I A Better Man ManThorn Mant n nl t l T. T Thorn J. J r ee w c-w d nar ONE OE of the recent biographers N of ot Washington has given en us usk and true of k so just a picture fi the man as ns that drawn by Jefferson more than a cen ceo century tury lUry ago ogo I I 1 think 1 I knew kaew General Washington Intimately and thoroughly he said ills His mind was great and powerful without being of the very ery fI first order his penetration strong though not so acute as ns that of ofa a Newton Bacon Dacon or Locke and as far faras faras faras as he saw no Judgment was ever sounder It was slow In la operation being little aided by Invention or Im but sure In 10 conclusion Hence th the common remark of ot his cers of the advantage antage he be derived from councils of war where hearing all nil suggestions he selected whatever Cr was best I Ilie lie Ile was Incapable of ot fear meeting personal dangers with the calmest unconcern Perhaps the strongest fEature feu fEa ture tore In his character was prudence never acting until every circumstance every eon consideration was maturely mature jw V t y Hearing All Suggestions He Selected Whatever Was Best DelL weighed refraining If It he saw a doubt but Lut when llIn once decided going through h with his purpose whatever obstacles opposed Ill He was Indeed In every Ery sense of the words a wise a good and a great tuna man ills His temper was naturally Irritable irritable Irrl table and toned high but reflection and resolution had obtained a firm firmand firmand and aad habitual over It Ills His heart was not warm In Its affections af af- af but he exactly calculated every every ev ev- ery roans mans value alue and aad gave tave him a solid esteem proportioned to It It may truly be said that never did nature nature na ture and fortune combine more perfectly pery per to make a great grent man and to place him In the same constellation with whatever worthies have hue merited from man everlasting remembrance After all has hns been ben said It was Washington's character which was supremely supremely su su- great which was responsible for the greatness of his achievements In the Revolution It was the trust In Washington ton which held together a faltering and discouraged people which tided the conn country try over the dark darkest darkest darkest est hours which was responsible for forthe forthe forthe the eventful victory After peace had been won It was this trust In Washington which made It possible for a disunited people to attain enduring strength th and unity There have been greater generals than Washington n greater statesmen there has been blen no nn greater character When the writings of his detractors have passed Into obscurity his memory will remain what It has always alway been a sacred le legacy to the American people |
