...families may be laid to my account here ! The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions from the men, melt me into such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly...provided that would contribute to the people's ease. Lord Fairfax has ordered men from the adjacent counties, but when they will come, or in what numbers,...

...the murder of helpless families may be laid to my account here. The supplicating tears of the women and moving petitions of the men melt me into such...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." Two days afterwards, he addressed another letter to the governor, in which he said : ."Not an hour,...

...grow." "If I know my own heart," wrote Washington from Valley Forge, "I could offer myself as a living sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease." I leave it to you if this is not the same keynote struck by these two men. I am tired of the talk which...

...necessity, and were almost worthless when they came. Of one "noble captain" who refused to come, \Vashington wrote : " With coolness and moderation this great...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." George Washington, Henry Cabot Lodge, Vol. I, p. 85. Close of His Career as a Frontier Fighter So closed...

...gain by this abominable practice, while thousands are injured. " "The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me into such...myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, providing that would contribute to the people's ease. " [From a letter written when he was 24.] "Tiswell."...

...to submit, and the " rebel• Washington said: "If I know my own mind, I could offer myself a living sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease: I would be a living offering to the savage fury and die by inches to save the people." lion " was put...

...Washington writes : ' The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men melt me into that deadly sorrow that I solemnly declare, if I know my...offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering ennemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease.' In Annapolis, even, the terror was great....

...kept the same spirit that animated him in the earlier years of border fighting. Then he had declared: "I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering...enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease.8 He could "die by inches to save a people." During the Revolution he risked reputation, sacrificed...

...Washington's love for his country spoke in these words: "If I know my own mind, I could offer myself a living sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease. I would be a willing offering to savage fury and die by inches to save the people." Not less than this...

...murder of helpless families may be laid to my account here. The supplicating tears of the women and the moving petitions of the men melt me into such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my i>wn mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute...