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George Washington: If to be...

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If to be venerated for benevolence, if to be admired for talents, if to be esteemed for patriotism, if to be beloved for philanthropy, can gratify the human mind, you must have the pleasing consolation to know that you have not lived in vain.

Source: Letter, 23 Sept. 1789, to Benjamin Franklin
-- George Washington, (Feb 22 1732-1799), US president (1st), soldier, surveyor, farmer; He was Commander of the Continental forces; as U.S. president he shaped the office and warned against party politics.


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