And not alone this nation did he bless.
Tor not a nation bides beneath the sun
That hath not more of hope and blessed
cheer,....
Because he lived, our brave George
Washington.
E&.t *1 "M
Closing Paragraph
v?,
jFare^eil Address
X, .l-H?
"I.! 'jt'i-
Thojugti in rcviewing the ln
d^tnti of.-
my
^mitnlstristiori
I" am unconaclou* of intentional
of m^(dcfect not 'td thinl(
com*•
5
ma|r%cn'd. 11 ahalt^aiso carry with me^the hope
eountcy^ wlll to '^ew We fnV with induU
years of dedicated to
fmults of- incump'eiteikt'
#Ut b««and. ,%o my^el^ must soon
»rvc^
ivilsi^D
SR8?irtOh iti klndnesy'ih tl^»"s»
|j|tuatcd by that fervent love -towai^jl it
hovryiew.» in it .the ,'i^Ktive^il
-fejr'^l j[epe^at^oi)s, I «n
iljailfrttB tha^ retreat in Whieh I
J4
PHYSICAL ILlls.
no
i(..rlaif ,.•-
By JOHN E. WALLACE:
HILE Washington was pres
ident he was dangerously
ill several times. In 17S9
he had what in,our day we
Would call the grip. During a cere
monial visit to Cambridge, Mass., the
president-came down with this ailment,
which came to be called "the Wash
ingt^ii
0
iufitieuza^ in tile vicinity' of
Boston, where it raged for some thq&'
Wkshington descdbed this atftack thus:
Myself much disordered by a cold
and inflammation in the left eye."
In NgWr York some^months later the
presldent cai^ht another bad cold:
which developed' into "a case of an
thrax so malignant as for several days
to .threaten.,
mortification." His physi
•«i
^^^^nM^onstantly with hiiln.
$$ thiii ddej^r G.
ly In the jGoceriuidn ifwqttejltiadk
hli^ b^£aitfi 6^itttf 'of the
ctlniehd^^i.^^i^sse^' both
hope ithd fear^ andr Washington 1 ier
pliedi "Whether tonight
AN EFFOBT TO SAVE HIMSELF.
