. The wonderful story of Washington and the meaning of his life for the youth and patriotism of America . ot adopt and carryinto execution measures the best calculated for theirown good without the intervention of coercivepower. This meant that human society requireslaw, and the right of law is devoid of appreciationor application unless it is clothed with the might tokeep its forms and values true. Lecky says, The common saying that you cannotmake people virtuous by law is a dangerous half-truth. The virtue innate in a people may be utterlydestroyed by bad institutions, for the virtue, as Jay
. The wonderful story of Washington and the meaning of his life for the youth and patriotism of America . ot adopt and carryinto execution measures the best calculated for theirown good without the intervention of coercivepower. This meant that human society requireslaw, and the right of law is devoid of appreciationor application unless it is clothed with the might tokeep its forms and values true. Lecky says, The common saying that you cannotmake people virtuous by law is a dangerous half-truth. The virtue innate in a people may be utterlydestroyed by bad institutions, for the virtue, as Jaywrote to Washington, like the other resources of acountry, can only be drawn to a point by strong cir-cumstances ably managed, or strong governmentsably administered. When it came to a question of who should be com-mander-in-chief of all the armies, the disruptionsand jealousies of the sections seemed dangerouslynear wrecking any united action, which obviouslymust be fatal to any independence more than theythen had from Great Britain. The Southern lead-ers were unanimous for Washington, and, with the. HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF 123 efficiency of shrewd politicians, supported measureslargely according to the pressure they brought tobear in the cause of having Washington for the com-mander-in-chief. But this support did not bring to-gether any antagonism, because it was not made byany faction of admirers or supporters. Washingtonhimself, though present, refused to lend any aid tothe presentation of his owTn name. It was John Adams, the whole-souled patriotfrom Massachusetts who was the leader in advocat-ing the selection of Washington. In his diary, dur-ing these consequential times, Adams wrote, I hadno hesitation to declare that I had but one gentlemanin my mind for that important command, and thatwas a gentleman from Virginia, who was among us,and very well known to us; a gentleman whose skilledexperience as an officer, whose independent fortune,great talents, and excellent
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