. George Washington . GEORGE WASHINGTONTHE HOUDON STATUE AT RICHMOND GEORGEWASHINGTON BY WILLIAM ROSCOE THAYER I have ever thoughtNature doth nothing so great for great menAs when she s pleased to make them lords of truth:Integrity of Ufe is fames best friend,Which nobly, beyond death, shall crown the end. John Webster: The Duchess of Mdfi, v, S-. fgs^raa^Sj BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY tDfie a&iberiiibe 3^teee Cam&ntige 1922 V (, URIS LIBRARY COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY WILLIAM R. THAYEEALL SIGHTS RESERVED Vit JEUUctSibt 9cM< CAMBRIDGE . HCASSACHUSETTSI PRINTED IN THE TO HAR
. George Washington . GEORGE WASHINGTONTHE HOUDON STATUE AT RICHMOND GEORGEWASHINGTON BY WILLIAM ROSCOE THAYER I have ever thoughtNature doth nothing so great for great menAs when she s pleased to make them lords of truth:Integrity of Ufe is fames best friend,Which nobly, beyond death, shall crown the end. John Webster: The Duchess of Mdfi, v, S-. fgs^raa^Sj BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY tDfie a&iberiiibe 3^teee Cam&ntige 1922 V (, URIS LIBRARY COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY WILLIAM R. THAYEEALL SIGHTS RESERVED Vit JEUUctSibt 9cM< CAMBRIDGE . HCASSACHUSETTSI PRINTED IN THE TO HARRIET SEARS AMORY WITH THE BEST WISHES OF HER OLD FRIEND THE AUTHOR Stay 20,1922 PREFACE TO obviate misunderstanding, it seems well towarn the reader that this book aims only atgiving a sketch of George Washingtons Ufe and was interested to discover, if I could, the humanresidue which I felt sure must persist in Washingtonafter all was said. Owing to the pernicious drivel ofthe Reverend Weems no other great man in historyhas had to live down such a mass of absurdities anddeliberate false inventions. At last after a centuryand a quarter the rubbish has been mostly clearedaway, and only those who wilfully prefer to deceivethemselves need waste time over an imaginary Fatherof His Country amusing himself with a fictitiouscherry-t
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