Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . to understand the merits of the case. He saw thatthe cause was one of justice, of liberty, and of Heaven ; and before he rose fromthe table, his resolution was taken : he determined to abandon his home andcountry, the endearments of family and friends, and all the luxuries and pleas-ures which his ample fortune placed at his disposal,
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . to understand the merits of the case. He saw thatthe cause was one of justice, of liberty, and of Heaven ; and before he rose fromthe table, his resolution was taken : he determined to abandon his home andcountry, the endearments of family and friends, and all the luxuries and pleas-ures which his ample fortune placed at his disposal, embark for America, andproffer his services to the people who were thus nobly struggling for returned to Paris to prepare himself for the enterprise, where he met withmuch opposition from the few friends to whom he disclosed his absent in England, to arrange some business matters, his designs be-came public, and on his return he was forbidden by the government to depart,And ordered to Marseilles. Under pretence of obeying, he quitted Paris ; andwhen a few leagues from the metropolis, he disguised himself as a courier,changed his course for Bordeaux, and, on the 26th of April, 1777, in a vessel 432 GENERAL LAFAYETTE. -MM, I •. Portrait of General Lafayette. GENERAL LAFAYETTE. 433 which he had purchased and fitted out at his own expense, set sail fromPassage for the theatre of his future glory. He arrived at Charleston, SouthCarolina, after a tedious voyage, on the 15th of June. The numerous applications of foreigners to Congress for commissions in thearmy, caused the first overture of this young nobleman to be rejected by thatbody ; but when, in a letter addressed to John Hancock, he assured them liedesired to serve as a volunteer, and without pay, his proposition was so extraor-dinary, that his wish was acceded to. As soon as Washington arrhed in Phil-adelphia, Lafayette was introduced to him ; and during the interview, the ac-complishments, the e
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