. Portrait and biographical record of Shelby and Moultrie counties Illinois, containing ... sketches of prominent ... citizens ... the governors of the state ... the presidents of the United States . oduced inflammation, and terminatedfatally on the night of the fourteenth. On the eigh-teenth his body was borne wih military honors to itsfinal resting place, and interred in the family vault atMount Vernon. Of the character of Washington it is impossible tospeak but in terms of the highest respect and ad-miration. The more we see of the operations ofour government, and the more deeply we feel th
. Portrait and biographical record of Shelby and Moultrie counties Illinois, containing ... sketches of prominent ... citizens ... the governors of the state ... the presidents of the United States . oduced inflammation, and terminatedfatally on the night of the fourteenth. On the eigh-teenth his body was borne wih military honors to itsfinal resting place, and interred in the family vault atMount Vernon. Of the character of Washington it is impossible tospeak but in terms of the highest respect and ad-miration. The more we see of the operations ofour government, and the more deeply we feel thedifficulty of uniting all opinions in a common interest,the more highly we must estimate the force of his tal-ent and character, which have been able to challengethe reverence of all parties, and principles, and na-tions, and to win a fame as extended as the limitsof the globe, and which we cannot but believe willbe as lasting as the existence of man. The person of Washington was unusally tan, erecfand well proportioned. His muscular strength wasgreat. His features were of a beautiful commanded respect without any appearance o<haughtiness, and ever serious withoi l^inti idn J dam SECOND PRESIDENT. ^^*V
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