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Section	Page

Start of eBook	1
INTRODUCTION	1
INTRODUCTION	2
FOOTNOTES:	10
I	10
WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY[6]	10
FOOTNOTES:	11
WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY	11
THE BIRTHDAY OF WASHINGTON	11
WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY	12
BY CHARLES W. ELIOT	13
CROWN OUR WASHINGTON	14
BY WILL CARLETON	14
FOOTNOTES:	15
II	15
A GLIMPSE OF WASHINGTON’S BIRTHPLACE	15
ANONYMOUS	16
WASHINGTON’S TRAINING	17
WASHINGTON AS HE LOOKED	18
III	18
WASHINGTON IS APPOINTED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF[8]	18
FOOTNOTES:	21
BY RICHARD WATSON GILDER	22
FOOTNOTES:	22
GEORGE WASHINGTON	22
VALLEY FORGE	27
WASHINGTON AT VALLEY FORGE	27
A FRENCHMAN’S ESTIMATE OF WASHINGTON IN 1781	28
IV	29
WASHINGTON AND THE CONSTITUTION	29
WASHINGTON’S ADMINISTRATION[11]—1789-1797	30
FOOTNOTES:	32
WASHINGTON	32
BY EDWARD EVERETT HALE	33
FOOTNOTES:	36
WASHINGTONIANA	36
FOOTNOTES:	40
LESSONS FROM THE WASHINGTON CENTENNIAL	40
PRESIDENT WASHINGTON’S RECEPTIONS	42
THE FOREIGN POLICY OF WASHINGTON	43
V	44
GEORGE WASHINGTON[16]	44
FOOTNOTES:	51
BY ELIZABETH EGGLESTON SEELYE	52
FOOTNOTES:	56
WASHINGTON	56
FOOTNOTES:	57
THE WORDS OF WASHINGTON	57
VI	58
MEMORIALS OF WASHINGTON[19]	58
FOOTNOTES:	59
BY HARRIET MONROE	59
WASHINGTON’S STATUE	60
TRIBUTES	60
WASHINGTON’S NAME IN THE HALL OF FAME	69
ESTIMATES OF WASHINGTON	70
WASHINGTON’S RELIGIOUS CHARACTER	70
WASHINGTON	71
VII	72
THE HIGHEST PEDESTAL	72
WASHINGTON IN HISTORY	72
TO THE SHADE OF WASHINGTON	73
THE MAJESTIC EMINENCE OF WASHINGTON	74
FOR A LITTLE PUPIL	74
WASHINGTON’S FAME	74
WASHINGTON	75
BY ELIZA COOK	75
VIII	77
GEORGE WASHINGTON	77
HISTORICAL MEMORABILIA OF WASHINGTON	77
BY HENRY MITCHELL MACCRACKEN	78
FOOTNOTES:	80
THE CHARACTER OF WASHINGTON	80
FOOTNOTES:	90
BY WILLIAM DAY	90
THE UNSELFISHNESS OF WASHINGTON	90
BY EDWIN P. WHIPPLE	91
FOOTNOTES:	93
WASHINGTON’S SERVICE TO EDUCATION	93
ADDRESS AT THE DEDICATION OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT	98
THE CHARACTER OF WASHINGTON	102
IX	103
ANECDOTES OF WASHINGTON	103
THE ABUSE OF WASHINGTON	105
PROVIDENTIAL EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON	106
CHARACTERISTICS OF WASHINGTON	111
BY KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN AND NORA A. SMITH	115
FOOTNOTES:	118
BY PAUL LEICESTER FORD	118
FOOTNOTES:	121
X	121
SELECTIONS FROM THE RULES OF CIVILITY	121
SAID BY WASHINGTON	122
WASHINGTON BEFORE THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND, AUGUST, 1776	124
FROM VARIOUS LETTERS, SPEECHES, AND ADDRESSES	125
WASHINGTON’S FAREWELL TO THE ARMY	129
WASHINGTON’S FAREWELL ADDRESS	130
XI	142
DECORATIONS FOR WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY EXERCISES	142
SOME YEARS IN WASHINGTON’S LIFE	143
SCHOLAR.	143
SOMETHING BETTER	146
THE STATES CROWNING WASHINGTON	146
THE NEW GEORGE WASHINGTON	148
IN PRAISE OF WASHINGTON	148

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