Footnotes

[425:1] See Gray, page [385].

[425:2] See Young, page [311].

[425:3] See Tickell, page [313].


GEORGE WASHINGTON.  1732-1799.

Labour to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire,—conscience.

Rule from the Copy-book of Washington when a schoolboy.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.[425:4]

Speech to both Houses of Congress, Jan. 8, 1790.

'T is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.

His Farewell Address.