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... , 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 14 INTRODUCTION .
... , 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 14 INTRODUCTION .
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Henry Cabot Lodge. GEORGE WASHINGTON . CHAPTER I. THE OLD DOMINION . To know George Washington , we must first of all know the society in which he was born and brought up . As certain lilies draw their colors from the subtle qualities of ...
Henry Cabot Lodge. GEORGE WASHINGTON . CHAPTER I. THE OLD DOMINION . To know George Washington , we must first of all know the society in which he was born and brought up . As certain lilies draw their colors from the subtle qualities of ...
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... George , and looked up to Walpole and Pitt as the arbiters of its fate . We live in a period of great cities , rapid com- munication , vast and varied business interests , enormous diversity of occupation , great industries , diffused ...
... George , and looked up to Walpole and Pitt as the arbiters of its fate . We live in a period of great cities , rapid com- munication , vast and varied business interests , enormous diversity of occupation , great industries , diffused ...
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... George Washington was four years old when the first newspaper was published in the colony , and he was twenty when the first actors appeared at Williamsburg . What was not brought was not 18 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
... George Washington was four years old when the first newspaper was published in the colony , and he was twenty when the first actors appeared at Williamsburg . What was not brought was not 18 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
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