. Book of the Royal blue . torest in the rural tomb below the house,which he ordered himself, and in which hisdescendants have insisted on keeping hisremains. General Grant lies beside theHudson at New York, in a magnificentmausoleum palpably imitated from the tomb 10 IMPRESSIONS OF WASHINGTON. of Napoleon in the Invalides. How infinitelymore fitting and more touching is the Spar-tan simplicity of Washingtons burial place—an austere cell within his own ancestralground; yet not a mornings drive fromthe splendid capital which the nation hasnamed after its heroic founder—how muchmore fitting and
. Book of the Royal blue . torest in the rural tomb below the house,which he ordered himself, and in which hisdescendants have insisted on keeping hisremains. General Grant lies beside theHudson at New York, in a magnificentmausoleum palpably imitated from the tomb 10 IMPRESSIONS OF WASHINGTON. of Napoleon in the Invalides. How infinitelymore fitting and more touching is the Spar-tan simplicity of Washingtons burial place—an austere cell within his own ancestralground; yet not a mornings drive fromthe splendid capital which the nation hasnamed after its heroic founder—how muchmore fitting and more touching is this thanis the imperial mausoleum to which they have carried the bones of the tyrant whoruined France! It has been frequentlyattempted to remove the sarcophagus inwhich Washington lies from Mount Vernon,his home, to place it under the dome of theCapitol. But as yet it has been wisely de-cided to do nothing that can impair theunique legend which has gathered roundthe memory of the western
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