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ment of the interests, welfare and principles of the
Inhabitants he receives today the homage of the
millions who enjoy the heritage of the free Amer
len for which he fought and which he helped es-
tablIsh.
In this he was at one with other great men bred
in the new, free spirit and atmosphere of the
colonies He did not seek to set himself over
them, but to work with them. contributing as his
part I'm the struggle his military genius and ex-
perience and his carefully trained executive
ability. His ideal the common good For
lhat he gave his time and strength unstlntedy
Throughout his career the one reward he
sought was that he might partake, Gin the midst
of my fellow citizens, the benign influence of good
laws under free government, the ever favorlte
object of my heart"
Washington although possessing wealth and DO
slt0n, although observant of forms and cere-
monies. was In the best sense democrat a man
who sought the same privileges and opportunities
for every one of his fellow citizens which he en-
joyed and who devoted his gifts and energies to
that end
That they might have them, he not only ex-
pended freely his energies of mind and body but
nc constantly exhorted his fellow countrymen to
prepare themselves for the high destiny that he
forcsaw for this country, first, by raising and
equippng an adequate army, a task that fire.
quently hung leaden on his hands, and, secondly,
by properly safeguarding their rights after they
had been won
George Washington received less education
In school-than most lads of poor parentage do
today. He left school before he was sixteen years
old, and, except In mathematics in which he had
advanced through geometry and trigonometry, his
education did not extend beyond that which boys
usually get In the grammar grades of the public
schools. What he studied he knew, however as
his carefully kept notebooks attest He mani
tested n special aptitude for surveying and for
military affairs. This taste led to his having a
royal mddy's warrant obtained for him when he
was fourteen years old. and only because of his
mothers reluctance 10 have him go to England
wns he spared to fight for the colonies instead Of
becoming an officer in his majesty's service.
He had been out of school only few months
when he got his first job-as a surveyor 1t was
q good one. too. for Lord Fairfax. having noted
the lads mental equipment and his ntrepidity,
gave him commission to survey his wild acres In
the Shenandoah valley. So well did Washington
accomplish the arduous task that he was made a
nuhlic surveyor. Almost concident with his en-
trance upon a private career young Washington
Identified himself with public interests Fond OF
athletics and sports, as well as Of military affairs
ne joIned the local militia, and when nineteen
years old was made major.
When he was still in his twenties he won his
first colonelcy In his gallant but disastrous first
campaign against the French. II was there
that he first tasted the bitter fruits of unprepared
ness
When Washington went TO Philadelphia as a
member Of the Second Continental congress he
wore his provincial uniform. an instructive ex-
preSsan Of his feeling IN regard TO the crisis that
was to come-in fits way fulhllment Of prophecy
for during the session he was put at the head
OF the Irregular army near Boston. He found
that army not only without discipline and equip
uent. but without powder. Men who had enlisted
only for few months run away. Washington
ardentIy appealed to the continental and pro.
ylncial congresses to provide for longer enlist