He was brave, bold, but supremely practical. He was dignified and conscious of his own worth, but he did not reach for the trappings of kingly power, even when they were within his reach. He was no great theoretician, but he loved liberty, and he did a great deal to insure its continuation in the 13 breakaway colonies of North America. He was a slaveholder, but in the end he freed them.
In my calendar, it still says
This is a day for only one:
The original Prez,
George Washington.
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