Washington’s legendary hand and feats of the founding era
The piece recounts Washington as athletic and mighty from youth onward, noting feats like throwing and lifting, then shifts to legends of his giant hand. It retells a Mount Vernon encounter with a young George Washington courting Miss Mary Gerrish and Lafayette’s remark on the general’s remarkable hand.
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Ashington
Rappahannock
Potomac
M. L. Rayne
Chicago Times-Herald
Mount Vernon
Fairfax County
Virginia
Washington, D. C
Miss Mary
Mary
Bess
Jade
George Washington
Mary Gerrish
George
Washington
Maj
Trenholm
Gen
England
Lafayette
Custis
Wisdom and Warnings on Conscience and Virtue
This excerpt presents political and moral maxims attributed to Washington style counsel. It urges fidelity to conscience, limited trusted associations, courteous conduct, and vigilance against gaming. It also discusses virtue, happiness in domestic life, and civil-military balance. The army is described as subordinate to civil law and subject to arrest and indictments.
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Sitall
Confederacy
Remark on Washington’s stature and leadership admired by Napoleon I
The passage argues size is not age defining and praises Washington’s leadership. Napoleon, though noting his own small stature, admired Washington for steering national affairs through crisis to safety. It recalls Napoleon’s habit of asking travelers abroad, “How is the greatest American, Washington?”
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Napoleon I
Washington
Tlow
Washington the Unifier and the American Character
The piece extols George Washington as the unifier and anchor of the 1787 Philadelphia convention and the early United States. It notes his desire for American unity, neutrality, and avoidance of hyphenated identities, plus his calls for a national university. It references Carrington’s Washington the Soldier to debunk a rumor of profanity at Monmouth and concludes with reflections on political parties and public opinion.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Virginia
Philadelphia Assembly
Sunday School Times
Great Britain
Patrick Henry
Europe
Tie
United States
Allerhenies
Pacific
Henry Vs. Carrington
United States Regular Army
Monmouth
Light in the Night From Dr Talmage Sermon on Evening
In a February 1902 discourse Dr. Talmage argues that the evening of life can be lit by faith. He uses Zechariah 14:3 and biblical examples to contrast worldly success with spiritual light at dusk. The sermon celebrates death as a gateway to heavenly illumination.
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Louis Kropsch
Washington
Dr. Talmage
Zechariah
Ocean
Cordilleras
Jupiter
Job
God
Scoville McCullum
Paul
Ascension
Hugh McKail
Father
Jesus Christ
Christ
Philadelphia
Heaven
Death
Earth
Ear
Lebanon
Archangel
Jesus
Gate of Heaven
Jordan
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the Unifier
Thirteen Colonies
Isis
David
St. Paul
John
Jacob
John Quincy Adams
Washington Irving
John Angell James
Birmingham
Theodore Frelinghuysen
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