Original sentence: As the international firestorm during the Society's early years subsided, the Cincinnati emerged in the 19th century as an invaluable pool of educated civil servants that would push America westward, while helping to build unity in Washington
Edited sentence: As the Pennsylvania Society proclaims, the Cincinnati is the Republic's "living link to the men who created the American Revolution.As the international firestorm during the Society's early years subsided, the Cincinnati emerged in the 19th century as an invaluable pool of honest, dedicated, and noble civil servants that would push America westward, while helping to build unity in Washington.History would no longer paint the organization as a threat to the Republic, but rather, as a crutch it could fall back on when its leaders were lost.This tradition continues today