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George Washington 1732 - 1932 Bicentennial I T is the singular misfortune of men of great eminence to have had their names transferred to a tradition and to become themselves almost unknown. The tradition grows as the individual becomes obscure. We all know the myths who loom large in history ; no one knows the real man. Until recently this was true of Washington. All honor, therefore, to those biographers who, before it was too late, rescued him from such a fate. Washington was not always the victorious military leader of a great movement, or the far-seeing, constructive statesman we now honor. There was a time for him, as for 11s all, when life was in the making, and the river had to find its way to the sea; when apprehension, doubt, and fear were among his emotions; and when the impenetrable future held many fantastic possibilities. He played a great part upon the world’s stage and, successful or unsuccessful, he played it well. Until recently he has been acclaimed because he played that part successfully. But with the dissipation of the mists which have so long enshrouded him, we realize that as a man he would have been great even though he had failed. We are now permitted to know him no longer as a myth hut as a human being whom we can understand and whose frailties endear him to us quite as much as his strength and character. Man of man, or clay, or dust, Who for his country labored, Not for greed or lust, But for a cause he saw, pursued, and won, Thus was the man — George Washington.
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