Excerpt from Essays, Biographical and Critical: Or Studies of Character These advantages, however, Washington shared with many planters Of the South, and manorial residents Of the North and they were chiefly negative. A broader range of experience and more direct influences were indispensable to refine the manners and to test the abilities of one destined to lead men in war, and to organize the scattered and discordant elements Of a young republic. This experience circumstances soon provided. His intimacy with ...
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Excerpt from Essays, Biographical and Critical: Or Studies of Character These advantages, however, Washington shared with many planters Of the South, and manorial residents Of the North and they were chiefly negative. A broader range of experience and more direct influences were indispensable to refine the manners and to test the abilities of one destined to lead men in war, and to organize the scattered and discordant elements Of a young republic. This experience circumstances soon provided. His intimacy with Lord Fairfax, who in the wilds Of Virginia, emu lated the courteous Splendor Of baronial life in England, the missions upon which he was sent by the governor of the State, combining military, diplomatic, and surveying duties, and espe cially the acquaintance he gained with European tactics in the disastrous campaign of Braddock, - all united to prepare him for the exigencies Of his future career; so that, in early man hood, With the athletic frame Of a hunter and surveyor, the ruddy health of an enterprising agriculturist, the vigilant Observation of a Sportsman and border soldier, familiar alike with Indian ambush, the pathless forest, freshets and fevers, he had acquired the tact of authority, the self-possession that peril can alone teach, the dignified manners of a man Of society, the firm bear ing Of a soldier, aptitude for affairs, and cheerfulness in priva-tion. To the keen sense of honor, the earnest fidelity, the modesty of soul, and the strength Of purpose, which belonged to his nature, the life Of the youth in his native home, the planter, the engi neer, the ambassador, the representative, the gentleman, and the military leader, had thus added a harmony and a more which already, to discriminating Observers, indicated his future genius for public life, and his competency to render the greatest national services. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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