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Excerpt from Biographical Memoirs of the Illustrious General George Washington, First President of the United States of America, and Commander in Chief of Their Armies, During the Revolutionary War: Dedicated to the Youth of America The authentic pages of Biography unite the most grateful amusement with instruction. - Truth supports the dignity of the Historic Muse who will not admit of either fulsome paneg'yric, or invidious censure - She describes her hero with genuine simplicity - omemiune his frailties, ltis chsracterlstic peculiars, and his shin; ing qualities - In shorti she gives a thithful and lively portrait of tiie man. Investigates the latent moliizcs of his eetions, and Celebrates those 'virtues uhi About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

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