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9009. WASHINGTON (George), Fame of.—[further continued].

The moderation of his
desires, and the strength of his judgment, enabled
him to calculate correctly, that the right
to that glory which never dies is to use power
for the support of the laws and liberties of our
country, not for its destruction; and his will
accordingly survive the wreck of everything
now living.—
To Earl of Buchan. Washington ed. iv, 494.
(W. 1803)


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