Insight into Him & Service
by Billy Joe Mills • Nov 10th, 2006 at 6:44 am •
Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.
~George Washington (upon fumbling for his glasses before
delivering the Newburgh Address, 15 March 1783)
Comment by tet on 10 November 2006 at 8:16 am:
If you have not done so already, I would highly recommend reading the collection of his letters.
He was a modest, hard-working (but ultimatly ineffectual) farmer who changed the history of the English-speaking world.
A truly remarkable man. I rank him with Eisenhower as an example of how being a great general does not preclude one being a great President.
Tom
Comment by tet on 10 November 2006 at 9:32 am:
Re-read the previous post–need to clarify. His ineffectuality was at farming, not everything else.
Tom