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2328. DUTY, Merit and.—[continued].

One of those who entered
into public life at the commencement
of an era the most extraordinary which the


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history of man has ever yet presented to his
contemplation, I claim nothing more, for
the part I have acted in it, than a common
merit of having, with others, faithfully endeavored
to do my duty in the several stations
allotted to me.—
R. To A. Virginia Assembly. Washington ed. viii, 148.
(1809)