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1192. CHARACTER, Rational.—

Like
the rest of mankind, General Washington was
disgusted with atrocities of the French Revolution,
and was not sufficiently aware of the
difference between the rabble who were used
as instruments of their perpetration, and the
steady and rational character of the American
people, in which he had not sufficient confidence.—
Introduction to Anas. Washington ed. ix, 99. Ford ed., i, 168.
(1818)