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Show The Character of Washington. Notwithstanding, his reserve or tho "shyness" upon which his biographers biogra-phers descant, Washington know men and how to rulo them. Ho may hnvo lacked elements of companionship, but ho know how to control tho undls-clpllnod undls-clpllnod patriotism of tho country and mold to his will tho rather unpromising un-promising material of which tho patriot patri-ot army was composed. Thero wero petty pet-ty Jealousies to allay In tho army and In Congress, and a thousand discouragements discour-agements to surmount. Through It all he followed calmly his guiding star of hope Tho earlier eulogists doflod him; tho colder nnd moro philosophical philosophi-cal analysts who succeeded them found human traits In him. Mr. Halo sayi) ho was a man of hot passions, of strong Impulses, of vigorous determination; deter-mination; "a man who forecast tho future, Vept It In sight, nnd meant to havo his own way; and ho was a man who had his own way vory ro-sinrkably." ro-sinrkably." All this Is vory delightful to know. It bring Washington Into kinship with humanity. This Is a hero who mny bo understood, In part, at least, by Americans of tho most distant age, |