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A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
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George Washington
Age: 67 †
Born: 1732
Born: February 22
Died: 1799
Died: December 14
1St U.S. President
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Engineer
Farmer
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Military Officer
Politician
Slaveholder
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Westmoreland County
Virginia
Washington
President Washington
G. Washington
Father of the United States
The American Fabius
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The signal instances of Providential goodness which we have experienced and which have now almost crowned our labors with complete success demand from us in a peculiar manner the warmest returns of gratitude and piety to the Supreme Author of all good.
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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
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To cash paid for saddlery, a letter case, maps, glasses, etc etc etc. for the use of my Command: 29 pounds 13 shillings and sixpence... To Mrs Washington's travelling expenses in coming to and returning from my winter quarters, the money to defray that taken from my private purse: 1064 pounds, one shilling.
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I was no party man myself, and the first wish of my heart was, if parties did exist, to reconcile them.
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I wish to walk in such a line as will give most general satisfaction.
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When once the woman has tempted us, and we have tasted the forbidden fruit, there is no such thing as checking our appetites, whatever the consequences may be.
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Freemasonry is an institution founded on eternal reason and truth whose deep basis is the civilization of mankind, and whose everlasting glory it is to have the immovable support of those two mighty pillars, science and morality.
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Be not forward, but friendly and courteous the first to salute, hear and answer and be not pensive when it is time to converse.
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Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.
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The Constitution that we have is an excellent one, if we can keep it where it is.
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