Washington the Hand of a Great American Leader
The article extols George Washington as a legendary athlete and mighty figure. It recalls feats of strength such as throwing and lifting, recounts a romantic Mount Vernon episode with Miss Mary Gerrish, notes Lafayette’s praise, and contrasts Washington's prowess with Napoleon's view, portraying him as a towering national symbol.
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Ashington
Rappahannock
Potomac
M. L. Rayne
Chicago Times-Herald
Mount Vernon
Fairfax County
Virginia
Washington, D. C
Miss Mary
Mistress Mary
Bess
Jade
George Washington
Mary
Mary Gerrish
George
LaFayette
Mr. Custis
Washington
Napoleon I
The Faith of Washington
Washington’s 1779 Moor’s House order condemns profane oaths and swearing. The piece recalls his insistence on religion, order, and prayer, noting his personal habit of prayer and moments seeking shelter in trust during the war.
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Washington
God
Moor
West Point
Nfe
Man of Prayer Washington at Valley Forge
Passage recounts George Washington praying alone during the Valley Forge winter. A Quaker house owner Potts witnesses the scene and is moved, believing Washington’s leadership under divine providence would ensure American independence, as recounted by Adele E. Thompson in Chicago Advance.
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Valley Forge
Washington
Mr. Potts
George Washington
Adele E. Thompson
Chicago
Maxims by Washington on conscience virtue and civil rule
Washington urges conscience and virtue over vice and cleverness. He advises measured trust, courtesy to all yet closely to few, and warns that unity and virtue sustain the republic. he contrasts married life with ambition and notes soldiers fall under civil law outside camp.
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Confederacy
Washington the Unifier
Praise for George Washington as the nation’s unifier and guide during the founding era. Notes his neutrality in Genet affairs, advocacy for an American character, and a belief in education, unity, and western expansion. References Carrington’s Washington the Soldier as a corrective to the Monmouth profanity myth.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Virginia
Philadelphia Assembly
Sunday School Times
Great Britain
Genet
Patrick Henry
Europe
United States
Alleghenies
Pacific
Henry B. Carrington
United States Regular Army
Monmouth
Early Presidential Receptions At Washington Level
In Washington during early presidencies the president appeared privately without ceremonial attire or sword. Attendees were seated as guests received tea coffee and wine with cake. Mrs Washington hosted Friday evenings from eight to ten, drawing the era’s elegant society, access gatekept by republican court rules and full dress.
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Washington
Washington Honored For Character Over Genius
The speaker praises George Washington as a notable figure not for genius but for character. He is described as honest, simple, disinterested, and incorruptible who sacrificed time wealth and life to establish government by the people and its permanence.
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Washington
Bishop Spalding
Austen
Commercial Tribune Company
Oneollar
the Commercial Tribune Company, Publishers
Cincinnati
An Englishman's Tribute to George Washington Hero
Frederic Harrison asserts Washington is as great as Alfred the Great and Shakespeare. He argues English and American nations are independent by nature and honor Washington as a hero who achieved the separation.
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George Washington
Alfred the Great
Shakespeare
Great Britain
Frederic Harrison
Hatchet Called Little Hatchet by George
George nicknamed it his little hatchet, but its present appearance and feel suggested something sharper and more serious behind the label.
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George
Chicago Daily News
Washington birthday prompts reflection on age of nation
The brief notes that Washington's birthday recalls the United States' aging: only a fraction of his nurses and body servants remain alive today, highlighting the passage of time and the nation's long history.
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Washington
United States
Everyday Religion: Do All to the Glory of God
Dr. Talmage urges a practical faith guiding daily life from meals to work. He defends continuous devotion beyond Sundays, urging talk of religion, honest conduct, and gratitude in every sphere and small trial, with a call to live out faith Monday through Saturday.
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Louis Klopsch
N. Y
Washington
Talmage
Apostle
Southampton
Heaven
South America
God
Jesus Christ
Christ
Oregon
Lebanon
Simon
Gennesaret
Matthew
House of God
Church of God
Troy
Springfield
Church of Christ
St. Martin’s
Luther
Paul
Rouen
Ashland
Hellesponts
Latimer
Ridley
Plato
Ulysses
Catherine de’ Medici
Columbus
New World
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