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... sense of national opportunities , but Washington passed at a single step from being a Virginian to being an American , and in so doing he stood alone . He was really and thoroughly national from the beginning of the war , at a time when ...
... sense of national opportunities , but Washington passed at a single step from being a Virginian to being an American , and in so doing he stood alone . He was really and thoroughly national from the beginning of the war , at a time when ...
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... sense of freedom from official cares , " he directed his attention at once to this plan , in which he really could do something , despite an inert Congress and a dissolving confederation . His first letter on the subject was written in ...
... sense of freedom from official cares , " he directed his attention at once to this plan , in which he really could do something , despite an inert Congress and a dissolving confederation . His first letter on the subject was written in ...
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... were purely national in their scope . He insisted on the necessity of binding to the old colonies by strong ties the West- ern States , which might easily be decoyed away if Spain or England had the sense to do it 10 GEORGE WASHINGTON.
... were purely national in their scope . He insisted on the necessity of binding to the old colonies by strong ties the West- ern States , which might easily be decoyed away if Spain or England had the sense to do it 10 GEORGE WASHINGTON.
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... sense of " the un- exampled merits of George Washington towards his country . " Washington was much touched and not a little troubled by this action . He had been willing , as he said , to give up his cherished pri- vacy and repose in ...
... sense of " the un- exampled merits of George Washington towards his country . " Washington was much touched and not a little troubled by this action . He had been willing , as he said , to give up his cherished pri- vacy and repose in ...
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... sense of obligation he should go to the convention , were it not that he had declined on account of his retirement , age , and rheumatism to be at a meeting of the Cincinnati at the same time and place . But no one heeded him , and ...
... sense of obligation he should go to the convention , were it not that he had declined on account of his retirement , age , and rheumatism to be at a meeting of the Cincinnati at the same time and place . But no one heeded him , and ...
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