Show Wash washington higton man patriot statesman C COURAGE physical and ana moral was a part of ills his nature and whether in battle battla or in the midst of popular excitement he was fearless of danger and regardless of consequences to himself sparks jared tiie the life of george washington p at all times and amid all conditions washington rang true to the note of a splendid manhood hypocrisy and a trafficking in expedients tor for popular applause no more match with ills his life than the crime of murder ile he had bad little of the captivating style of speech or manner but regard for the nobility of hla his character rather than thad any rhetorical art or charm of personal address on his part kept wavering lines from retreat in battle and from mutiny amid privation and suffering to which our neglect had exposed of the revolution underwood oscar the career and the words of washington p 12 state society of cincinnati philadelphia pa F february 22 1912 his personal triumph then canie came the horrors bordors of val valley ley forge and of the winters in morris county those were the days wh when en desertions were many and enlistments were few when washington dared not give open battle and there was hardly left to him a place for retreat then came the conway conspiracy and the ambition of gates and the cowardice of lee and the treason of arnold and a series of persecutions so petty so bitter so malignant that it Is amazing how bow washington survived them then too canie came defeats like that at brandywine and battles of uncertain meaning like that at monmouth it Is easy for us as we read these events in the light of the issue to keep up our courage and understand the triumph that finally came but it was a very different thing for washington congress Con giess was wag weak meddlesome and vacillating the soldiers were raw undisciplined and sometimes mutinous there were jealousies and libels and forgeries and slanders almost beyond our present ability to believe when I 1 recall calmness in the midst of exasperating annoyances his unselfish loyalty when surrounded by cupidity and jealousy and hatred his faith that put courage into the hearts of men who marched hungry and left bloody footprints in the snow when I 1 remember how after eight years of this and more he be emerged victorious as calm in victory as he had been lichen serene in defeat I 1 do riot not wonder that lat frederick the great I 1 Is said to have pronounced george campaign in the jerdies the most brilliant in military annals barton william E george washington shared mens sufferings washington did not leave his men and go home to live in luxury but stayed to endure privation with them only lie he who reads his letters written during these trying times can appreciate his troubles and anxieties mclaughlin ic ln andrew 0 history of the american nation p behold him george washington in 1775 1715 taking leave of his family and his home and hastening to the relief of a distant and then unknown part of america see him transforming and cementing a band of rustics into an army follow him to the field of battle and see him first in danger and last out of it go with him into valley forge and see him sharing the hunger the cold the fatigue of every soldier in the camp was there ever such fortitude in adversity was there ever such moderation in the hour of victory mcmaster john B history of the people of the united states vol I 1 p victory on only one polut point did there seem to be unanimity and accord that was that the dogged prosecution of the war and the ultimate victory must be credited to george washington others had fought valiantly and endured hardships and fatigues and gnawing suspense but without him who never wavered they could not have gone on thayer william R george washington p the american revolution from a military point of view was a group of little wars rather than a single war the one integrating force was the person of the great commander but george washington held the army and the cause together ly by his exhaustless arma C patience and courage rather tha than n by tiny any comprehensive plan of war mu Z david S history of the american people p to washington no duty however obscure was unimportant and no deviation from duty however trilling trifling was possible hoar hear george P F washington ap p 31 chicago february 23 1003 put patriotism first washington was an incorruptible patriot he was one of the few rich men who was not a tory A very large proportion of men of 0 large means sided with the british crown nor must we too hastily con condemn denin them but washington who had more to lose than almost any other man in the thirteen colonies was not blinded by vested interests nor bound to consert active action by his wealth and station for the sake of tile the country which he loved he suffered innumerable hardships was stung by ingratitude and hurt by slander but he stood firm in his loyalty to the cause he had espoused and was faithful to the end barton william E george washington there Is a life that Is worth living now as it was worth living in the former days and that is the honest life the useful life the unselfish life cleansed by devotion to an I 1 ideal deal T there I 1 i e re is a battle that is worth fighting now as it was worth fighting then and that is the battle for justice and equality to make our city and our state free in fact as well as iu in name to break the rings that strangle real liberty and to keep them broken to cleanse so far as in our power lies the foundations of our national life from political commercial and social corruption to teach our sons and daughters by precept and example the honor bonor of serving such a country as america that Is work worthy of the finest manhood and womanhood the well educated are those who see deepest into the meaning and the necessity of that work nor shall their labor be for naught nor the reward of their sacrifice fall fail them for high in the firmament of human destiny are set the stars of faith in mankind and unselfish courage and loyalty to the ideal and while they shine the amer leninism of washington and the men who stood with him shall never never die van dyke henry the americanism of washington pp ap 70 72 man of firm friendships F the chief thought that runs through all the sayings Is to practice self con arol and to no man ever displayed that most difficult of virtues to such a degree as george washington lodge henry 0 george washington american statesmen vol 1 I p 51 solitude indeed Is the last quality that an intelligent student of his career would ascribe to him dignified and reserved he was undoubtedly and as this manner was natural to him he won more true friends by using it than if he had diepp disguised ased himself in a forced familiarity and worn his heart upon his sleeve but from first to last he was a man who did his work in the bonds of companionship who trusted his bis comrades in the great enterprise ter prise even though they were not cot his bis intimates and who neither sought nor occupied a lonely eminence of unshared glory van dyke henry the americanism of washington pp ap 45 4 5 ills passions were strong and sometimes they broke out with vehemence but he had the power of chech checking ing them in an instant perhaps self control was the most remarkable trait of his character it was in part the effect of his discipline yet he seems by nature to have possessed the power to a degree which has been denied to other I 1 men sparks jared the life of george washington Washing tob p |