The Memory Of Washington With Biographical Sketches Of His Mother And Wife Relations Of Lafayette To Washington With Incidents And Anecdotes In The Lives Of The Two Patriots

Author : Nathaniel Hervey
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ISBN 13 : 9781331079293
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (792 download)

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Download or read book The Memory of Washington; With Biographical Sketches of His Mother and Wife written by Nathaniel Hervey and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Memory of Washington; With Biographical Sketches of His Mother and Wife: Relations of Lafayette to Washington; With Incidents and Anecdotes in the Lives of the Two Patriots In preparing this volume of Anecdotes and Incidents in the career of George Washington, the writer has consulted those records only, which may be relied on as truly authentic. A portion of the anecdotes have been chiefly gathered from the various journals and writings which Washington was accustomed to keep for his own private use. Throughout the whole work it has been our purpose to present a true picture of Washington's own mind, his relation to public and private life; and also to furnish to the young a high standard of moral excellence, and a safe guide to duty. History presents no higher example of integrity, courage and patriotism; nor the character of a public man whose prominent feature is its beautiful symmetry-whose basis are its sterling virtues. From the abundance of materials the writer has selected such facts and incidents as may serve to give a correct view of the character and habits of Washington; and such only as will best illustrate his public and private virtues, -his physical and mental powers, -his filial relations to an honored mother, and a devoted wife, whose lives are briefly noticed in the work, -and his connection with Lafayette. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.