Show nature and fortune never made A better belter man Is thom I 1 batea in cw d tut ONE agthe the recent biographers of 0 washington has given os as so just arid true a p picture leture of the man man as I 1 that hat drawn by jefferson more thana century ago 1 I think ikney general washington intimately and thoroughly ly he said his wa great and powerful without being of the very first order his genetra pe netra alon strong though not so acute as that of Newt onor bacou bacon or locke locie and YX fat asby baw no judgment id get was ever sounder li it was wag slow in operation being little aided by in venti renti onor imagination but sure in collusion coa O lusila lusion hence the common re av mat n of his bis officers of them the advantage he derived from councils of war where aher bearl hearing ng all suggestions he be selected whatever was best he was incapable of fear meeting personal persona dingers dangers with the calmest unconcern perhaps the ahe strongest feature in 12 his character was prudence never acting until every circumstance every consider maturely weighed rehearing p att air suggestions he selected Whai whatever ever was best fra training ining if he bi saw a doubt but whirl once decided going through wit with 11 his purpose whatever obstacles cled opposed ills his heart was not warm I 1 in its calculated affections but he exactly calculated every mans value arid and gave him a solid esteem esteem proportioned to il it y it nay may ke bo true he said that never did nature and fortune combine more perfectly to make a great man and to place him in the same constellation stel lation wath whatever worthies have merited from man ever last ing remembrance after nil all has been said it was character which was supreme supremely y bredt grea t which waa responsible steif forthe graat ness ot of his bis achievements jn thi the revolution it was the trust la hi washington which held together a faltering and dis courand cou raged people which tided the country over the darkest hours which was responsible for the eventual victory after peace had been won it was this trust in washington which made it possible for a disunited people to attain enduring strength and unity there have been greater generals than washington greater statesmen there has been no greater character when the writings of his bis detractors have passed into obscurity ills his memory will remain what it has always been a sacred legacy to the american people |