Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-02-22
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HN his History of England In the
Eighteenth Century" William Ed.
ward IIartpnle Iccky. VI. f.. pays
the following tribute to George
Washington:
To the appointment of Washington
las commander in chief far more than
TO any other single circumstance is due
the ultimate success of the American
Revolution. though in purely iu,"l-
lcctual powers Washington was Ger
tainly inferior 10 Franklin and pei.
hapS 10 two or three others of his col.
leagues There is II theory which once
received the countcnaucc of some con.
siderable Psychologists, though ii il
now. | believe, completely discarded,
that one of the great lines of division
among men may hc traced to the com
parativc development of the ccrchrum
and the Ccrcbcllum. To the first organ
il was supposed belong those special
gifts or powers which make men poets,
orators, thinkers, artists, conqucrorS or
wits. 70 the second belong the super
intending, restraining, discerning and
directing faculties which enable men
to employ their several talents with
sanity and WISDOM which maintain
the balance and the proportion of in
tcllcct and character and make sound
judgments and well regulated lives.
The theory, however untrue in its phys
iOlogical aspect, corresponds To Il real
distinction in human minds and char
actcrs, and it was especially in the
second order of faculties that Wash
ington cNccllcd. His mind was not
quick or remarkably original. His con.
versation had no brlliancy or wit. He
was entirely without the gift of clo-
quencc. and he had very few accom-
pliShmentS. lie knew no language but
his own, and except for Il rather strong
turn for mathematics he had no taste
which can be called purely intellectual.
There was nothing in him of the mo
teor or the cataract, nothing that cl'
ther dazZled or overpowcred.
As Il soldier the circumstances of his
career brought him into the blaze, not
only of domestic, but of foreign crit-
cism. and it was only very gradually
that his superiority was fully rccogniz.
t'l Lee, w no III all -AHltEltIH SoilltIS
had seen most service in the English
army, and Conway, who had risen to
great rcputc in the French army, were
both accustomed to speak of his mill
tary talents with extreme dispara%c-
mcnt, but personal jealouSly and ami
mostly undoubtedly colorcd their iudG
mcnts De Kalb, who had been trained
I,n.. al,
nent, ut first pronounced him TO be very
deficient in the strength, decision and
promptitudc of n general, and, although
he soon learned to form the highest cS-
innate of his military capacity, he CON
tinucd to lament that an excessive mod
csty led him too frequently to act upon
the opinion of inferior men rather than
upon his own most excellent judgment.
In the army and the congress more
than one rival was opposed to him. He
had his full share of disaster; the Opcr.
ations which he conducted, if compared
with great European wars, were ON a
very small scale, and he had the i'm.
mcnSc advantage of encountcring in
most cases, generals of singular inca.
pacity 1t may, however, be truly said
of him that his military reputation
steadily rose through many successive
campaigns, and before the end of the
struggle he had Outlivcd all rivalry and
almost all envy. lie had Il thorough
knowledge of the technical part of his
profession, Il good eye for military com
binations, an extraordinary gift of mil
itary administration