Rockford High School - RHS Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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George Washington's Purpose in Life Wihat was ticuiqgt- lYasliiit3.:'tim's ptiiqmsc iii lite? 'lihc M'Cl'L'l tif l' 'Uk' SF, ', V ' 1 4 n.'i XXasliiiigtim's iiamc sit miich in liistiiry- 'l'iIllllk'l' ut' llis fitYl1llll'j'. ' : A , 'zs thc piiriitvsu of this great maii's wliuli- lift- tuhvthctatl1L'1'ut'liis ciiiiiitry. My im'liiiatioiis. wrutc XYash- mgtim at txwiity-fwiic, are stremgly ht-tit to arms. 'l'his tt-iiilt-ilu was a natural um-. as hc came from tightimq aiiccstiws. llc iwztvlictl thc cwmmaml tif thc first Virginia rcgiiiiviit when tht- lfrciicli aml the lmhan war was him-wing. 'liwicc hc i'csigm'cl iii flisgllsl, lim vault time his iiatiiral hum clrcw him hack into st-rvicc. .-Xll tlirnugli life, XYasliiiigtmi lliil mit sm-la tht' llUllUl'S :tml gloria-s is-town-il uivim him. llc clitl mst L'X't'll st-L-lt tht' tasks that lscl to tht-so lnmurs. ticiicral Xviwlllllgftlbll wtmlil have hccit voiitciit to live in in-acc with his family at Nloimt YL-rnmi, tht- twci'st-viiig :mil lllilQCL'l7 tif xxhiuh xtmilfl haw' kt-pt him husy umvugli. .Xt all times, hu hclicvutl all thu lwiiiws lwstmxt-il mimi him tim imich, aml himsclt' mit wvll L-miiigh siiitccl fm' thc tasks hc was cliwscii tif umlvrtalu-. Ilisttirx' iii :lt-scriptimts of him tclls us hc was im slit-L-cliiii:ilwi'. lii tant. hu siiltcrcrl urcallx' at timt-s trmii su-uallcil stagv-triglit. llc hail no closure tm' lllss :mil iitmm it it uiiicwiit-cl his own pcrstmal glory. XYhat. tht-ii, was thc purpose iii lifc ful' this matt whit. as smm as um' imhlic taslq was vuiiiplctcil. rctircil tw thc peace aml scclusiim ut' his home, imly tim ht iuallul hy lllr cuiiiilry to amwtltt-r ut' gn-atci' sim- ancl iiiilmrtaiicu? 'lihc answer lics iii thc tact that hc always was callcrl hack, 'lihc iiifam cuiiiitry. alta-i the wat' whivh 5CClll'k'll its iiiclciwiirlt-aiu-, iicvclccl a fatlicr. a tllllflllljl, haml to sct tt uliuii thc right trail. Xxillbllllljlltlll was thu maii whim again Uaim- turwaril Iii this, his grvatt-st tasli of all, thc pi't'sirlciiL'y ut' the l'nitcfl States, llc taviiiw-fl aml saw great piissilmilitius m wt-stwarfl uxiiaiisitm, hc hail arch-int iiitcrvsl iiitlit-t'm'tlici'i11g4-IA guml wlucatiim: hc :ulviic:1tcfl stiwiiigly as a necessity to thu wcll-ht-ing tit' liiitiirc LItlYL'I'llIIlL'lll, a great inwxvcr tu Llitigrt-ss aml iimri- iwspiiiisilmility iii thc cxcciitiu lmrlivsg hc urgt-fl aml fiirtlit-i'ccl a iimrc wiclcly flcvttlupccl tmaiicial system: aml his warn- iml tw stcci' vlcai' tif liurimcaii L'll1Zlllglt'lllL'l1l5 has iicvvr hccii fiwrgutti-ii. XYhu was thc maii whu clitl mit x'uliiiitct'i'. hut came so rcaclily wlivit callvcl? XX'h4 liiulwfl ahvarl with fzti'-svn-iiig' uycs to our glorimis iiatitm of tmlay? XYho lucl this umiitry trum lznglamls hrm grasp tu trccfltmi, aml whcii that tiwwclmviii was gamctl. gmclucl aml st-t tht- t'Olllltl'j' away on its miwaril aml tmwaril climh? tit-iirgc XX'asliim1tuit's iiiiiqwsv iii lifc is plain. lt was tu hu thc ulfatlici' ut' Ilis t ttiiiitiw. - -li.XRlZ.XR.X fiI.IiltAll MXN. I