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... ington discovered , because there never was but one . But the real man has been so overlaid with myths and traditions , and so distorted by misleading criti- cisms , that , as has already been suggested , he has been wellnigh lost . We ...
... ington discovered , because there never was but one . But the real man has been so overlaid with myths and traditions , and so distorted by misleading criti- cisms , that , as has already been suggested , he has been wellnigh lost . We ...
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... the researches of Mr. Waters have proved Wash- ington's descent from the Sulgrave family and therefore the cor- rectness of the theory advanced in the text . ] and gets a photograph which is a likeness of no 82 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
... the researches of Mr. Waters have proved Wash- ington's descent from the Sulgrave family and therefore the cor- rectness of the theory advanced in the text . ] and gets a photograph which is a likeness of no 82 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
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... ington , " but as a matter of fact , although she lived to an advanced age , we know scarcely more about her than we do about her husband . She was of gen- tle birth , and possessed a vigorous character and a good deal of business ...
... ington , " but as a matter of fact , although she lived to an advanced age , we know scarcely more about her than we do about her husband . She was of gen- tle birth , and possessed a vigorous character and a good deal of business ...
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... ington . Weems was not a cold - blooded liar , a mere forger of anecdotes . He was simply a man destitute of historical sense , training , or morals , ready to take the slenderest fact and work it up for the purposes of the market until ...
... ington . Weems was not a cold - blooded liar , a mere forger of anecdotes . He was simply a man destitute of historical sense , training , or morals , ready to take the slenderest fact and work it up for the purposes of the market until ...
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... ington's character was formed by these sententious bits of not very profound wisdom would be absurd ; but that a series of rules which most lads would have regarded as simply dull should have been written out and pondered by this boy ...
... ington's character was formed by these sententious bits of not very profound wisdom would be absurd ; but that a series of rules which most lads would have regarded as simply dull should have been written out and pondered by this boy ...
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