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... words , and that they should be true seems to make any attempt to fill the great gap an act of sheer and hopeless audacity . Yet there can be certainly no reason for adding another to the almost countless lives of Washington unless it ...
... words , and that they should be true seems to make any attempt to fill the great gap an act of sheer and hopeless audacity . Yet there can be certainly no reason for adding another to the almost countless lives of Washington unless it ...
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... words for the " silent man , " passed by with a sneer the most absolutely silent great man that history can show . Washington's letters and speeches and mes- sages fill many volumes , but they are all on busi- ness . They are profoundly ...
... words for the " silent man , " passed by with a sneer the most absolutely silent great man that history can show . Washington's letters and speeches and mes- sages fill many volumes , but they are all on busi- ness . They are profoundly ...
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... words , and the deeds , and the true history known to all men , --- we can surely find George Washington " the noblest figure that ever stood in the forefront of a nation's life . " GEORGE WASHINGTON . CHAPTER I. THE OLD DOMINION . To ...
... words , and the deeds , and the true history known to all men , --- we can surely find George Washington " the noblest figure that ever stood in the forefront of a nation's life . " GEORGE WASHINGTON . CHAPTER I. THE OLD DOMINION . To ...
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... word , at the water's edge and near the mouths of the rivers . Thence it crept backwards , following always the lines of the watercourses , and growing ever thinner and more scattered until it reached the Blue Ridge . Behind the ...
... word , at the water's edge and near the mouths of the rivers . Thence it crept backwards , following always the lines of the watercourses , and growing ever thinner and more scattered until it reached the Blue Ridge . Behind the ...
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... word their his- tory is told . They were , on the whole , well and kindly treated , but they have no meaning in history except as an institution , and as an influence in the lives , feelings , and character of the men who made the state ...
... word their his- tory is told . They were , on the whole , well and kindly treated , but they have no meaning in history except as an institution , and as an influence in the lives , feelings , and character of the men who made the state ...
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