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  1. Joseph J. Ellis _ His Excellency: George

    Having now finished the work assigned me," Washington solemnly said, "I retire from the great theatre of Action. . . . I here offer my Commission, and take my leave of all the enjoyments of public life." The man who had known how to stay the course now showed that he also understood how to leave it. Horses were waiting at the door immediately after Washington read his statement. The crowd gathered at the doorway to wave him off. It was the greatest exit in American history.
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  2. Joseph J. Ellis _ His Excellency: George

    {Asked to explain the defeat, Adams put it succinctly: "In general, our Generals were out generalled."} Washington
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  3. Joseph J. Ellis _ His Excellency: George

    As far as his contemporaries were concerned, there was no question about his stature in American history. In the extravaganza of mourning that occurred in more than four hundred towns and hamlets throughout the land, he was described as the only indisputable hero of the age, the one and only "His Excellency.
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  4. Joseph J. Ellis _ His Excellency: George

    It is well known, that when one side only of a story is heard, and often repeated, the human mind becomes impressed with it, insensibly.
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  5. Joseph J. Ellis _ His Excellency: George

    He found himself in the ironic position of being the indispensable man in a political world that regarded all leaders as disposable.
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  6. Joseph J. Ellis _ His Excellency: George

    p. 274 ...his trademark decision to surrender power as commander in chief and then president, was not...a sign that he had conquered his ambitions, but rather that he fully realized that all ambitions were inherently insatiable and unconquerable. He knew himself well enough to resist the illusion that he transcended human nature. Unlike Julius Caesar and Oliver Cromwell before him, and Napoleon, Lenin, and Mao after him, he understood that the greater glory resided in posterity's judgment. If you aspire to live forever in the memory of future generations, you must demonstrate the ultimate self-confidence to leave the final judgment to them. And he did.
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  7. Joseph J. Ellis _ His Excellency: George

    Having now finished the work assigned me," Washington solemnly said, "I retire from the great theatre of Action....I here offer my Commission, and take leave of all the enjoyments of public life." The man who had known how to stay the course now showed that he also understood how to leave it. Horses were waiting at the door immediately after Washington read his statement. The crowd gathered at the doorway to wave him off. It was the greatest exit in American history.
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  8. Joseph J. Ellis _ His Excellency: George

    The old adage applied: if God were in the details, Colonel Washington would have been there to greet him upon arrival.
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