, 1879-02-15
GEORGE WASHINGTON,

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Ills rrecoclty-A Crest Character frorn
Early Youth.
HarDtrs lr<tkiv.
The vout,, NJ Wnshinptt m was orc ~ ,bo ,,,.+
,.cc,,,,r. ~ Wild, wo hova ,., s..,..'t. s. ~.
W., "..",,.,,' WIZ. -. NY 'eIurat n'e
great qual'tes scctI' almost innate. Ills father
died when he was still child: hIs mother, left
with large family and slender mcaps OF sun.
nort coulH v;vr him mn. c,,cot,nn H. ,-a.
,,sa,,,sh, 49,, T., ,,a,ar.,, .an. ~ t1e "A'
otouH"1 up j" pofe'ty' hsa1 ~ common coah-
Try school, nmt teaFee'S Ieasned TO read nnd
write. In smelling he wns always inaccurate.
Languages could never even master French a
."meuuEee' sou'u '.' nes' w" "asss1 r,enen' a
tai, grave, awn""'" Doyf ne rEopa6ly lapofco
on Ills mothuf's farm, was plainly dressed, knew
none of the c1cRapctcs and rene,nrnts uf tEtpr.
arv r,,ItrIr Yyns sprnastr hv nil bfs r,,ut om,,,
IVY "ss,s. ~ e,,,noa mas - 1',r,o, ',s -
'a',ea VI e'''''tsnea " AAo"'eusS VI ,ne wos'a
was ss o,Ways ~ euthor tpn of sc".
ne iiau loito"eu Ut Go'!eGe Ihe uAun!
stIuies o. !hs time; lal read rope ant
nlastereo li s"lLt nlM Autt!soa. 10 John Adans.
letters was csrly fu1ni'iar, q tolacc. q source
u strcngth. SUI moro WIN flnek',cy, Isnt-
lcdGet carroll, motifs, samuel ADAMS, liam
sorS sa'ne1 @ et, gGed.o aeaar. ~ sete tn msss!t,
Congress wero excellent ssiolar'; franklin
waa almost the master q sc'ensc, Lee az a!-
!hor, ticnry IN olator' nut ~ my soune Wasn'
nEton cau,e none ~ tnose aasamiaees ot N.
straction anu staay that seemed ~ that ngc
even inore ahan A. pteaent tlte lrst requisite
ot NJ anle pontlcant ~ !caIneu rrolcssor
tau2nt ni! ae esaFn, y. eadssM tettels' no reg
nlaf GisclpinE e., was en!orecu upoM hi1ll Dy col
iese Ii1ci no library !aY open 10 nm, no books.
lectures ponulaf ihstluetlon. nc was nlinseiI
his only teacher; nc oeEah almost az chld to
!ay uoWh PM u conauet !9uhuea upon tlc
Eoiueh rs'e oi anty; nc eWoaiu ~ hun1ails, Efavc,
pollte; ieapcsttu, patent. ~ IL a1slposslotc that
any thlnE silou!a oe mora coinplctc thah tleso
rules lor the loftnatio1 OF e1cat character
tllat s,iall also ue eoou onc, hua Wasnh:tnn
" I3 aIMnat iofeenauoMs hlhtelI. No
Hmo 1, ea, te "ensT r nv cennid' l'pn' MHas
1ouk Or f.. anthor lhcy cohciuac: s, ia. Labor TO
Keep a!ive III your breast ttat !tttle spark OF
ceteatla' nte eAlleu conaeiebee.' out tIe stu
se,'rcc asn1 o. Marcus AD'o''o' can not doubt their
ile Waa slx icot nlgn. st5ohe, Wcll formed, OF
q flnn expression nha d'1ildehs manners. Mod
Gsty nc always iolt asla saowed nc Knew, no
last reErcttcd y. But TO olse branch OF kllowl,
cdgc !'ls hlnd turned 'nstinctlVcly-he studied
lhathtailntics WIN success, neeimc q good
0fallehishan; Icatheu leEulae1ls, pfeessiun'
guagc, conduct .has % nellher Adams nor Jsiler-
sou, cSce!lehi echoiars, eoalu attain. FROM
carry youth nls 1nloa aetco VIII mathe-
mat,eai 1a PRECISION pnii9sopny, re'lGlon.
.N'~'. N'o @"'"' 'E'S 'Ao'$nss
thc so,hetlmes oyc.lcaped tue boundaries BY
Thtch he would eont|nn thctti. liIs temper was
STORMY. Ha ioVcu, nha wrote ines 70 hss IN
Known iair thut are latotsube; nc sighed, ho
tufneu, nnd ms henrt was not Gus easily broken.
Possibly, had he married The d4r-eycd mistress
oil his YOUTH ~ might naVe DeGl' happier md
less renowned, put freedom would have wanted
~ pEeseTser' tic Wofla 1ta lasorite example:
Washington at l3 Kept MS Journal, stGited
Gcon'etfy, WnS lonu u WtltMa OIL Dus'ness
iorhls, hiia even seiecllons oi poetry. IL satu
h!s selectnns are not eooa y ss only wonderful
tnat ~ 9uen M oGe he eoutd nave seiectcu Them
at ~; hnt w may discover already tu al his
voSish exerctsca Inc ileatfesH regularity Mlnlte
!abot, tat ~ VII va ater llle o''y rose to fresh
entered ali his results FORMALLY IN Ills hook-the
squares, plots calculati1hs'
lifu u hardship tos!, obscurty, seetne1 his
only prospect wien. IN MS 1stil year, he was &C.
lected by. Lord Fairfax to measure his immense
domains III tnc AlicslenY Phllcysi yct tint lle
should be chosen 1or so impprtans duty shows
what conlidc,cs unu respect le had already won
from those around him, What boy OF 10 In
tlicse lower times would os selected to lncnsuro
the wtlds OF Dakota, a1ld hx tile boundaries OF
tlIe unknown wildernessl But Washington get
out amidst t @ tl1e melting SHOWS ~ spr1ue, the
r9cka, at,r wids, and completed tl!e survey With
his usual accuracy. lls WAS nude public sur
veyur, aNA at II WaA a!Feady famous In Its pro-
tession. at an afsc Whet' Jefferson was counting
MS Cicero at college. John Albums Touching I'M
ruy boys at Worcester, when Pope had Just print
~ Ills pastoFais, when JGll''so was IN unTuinly
student, Washington l,a, taught htnsclf Trade,
--an art,-Hnt' was ALREADY enrn!ng a lnborlous
kuppors. lilo was alrcady DISTINGUISHED for his
xsn. y1s w. s Gys atr. 'ss r. Il s ss a b.
tant-ic,leral ot the Virsinta Militin, to inspect
..Ml discipline them; Ills salary was considerable,
The position Important; he fl!cl Il well. Next
htA brother Lawrence dies, md Washington at
20-s.'ch was still tia rrecoctty-was loft the
nlanuger Of an extensive property an1 Of Mount
Vernon Of which he brea.le afterwards thr heir.
At ~, appointed Commissioner by the Gov
most intolcrublo to meet the Trench officials III
ille Wilderness, was drcilclIed with rufus, hair
frozen amidst tho snuws Of the Aleghnuics or iu