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Show EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK WEEMS LIFE OF WASHINGTON This is the kind of a book that Lincoln read.. This only can the bliss bestow Immortal souls should prove; From one short word all pleasures flow, That blessed word is Love. If ever man rejoiced in the divine administration, and cordially endeavored to imitate it by doing good, George Washington was that man. Taught by religion that "God is Love" he wisely concluded those the most happy who love the most; and taught by experience that it is love alone that gives a participation and interest in others, capacitating us to rejoice re-joice with those who rejoice, and to weep with those who weep, he early studied that benevolence which rendered him so singularly the delight of mankind. |