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- LETTERS, Page 4The Founding Father
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- George Washington was able to inspire his contemporaries
- and back his convictions with sound political theory (ESSAY,
- Feb. 20). He never flagged in his determination to serve his
- ideals. He earned the right to have his own day celebrated,
- instead of having to share in a Presidents' Day just to allow
- workers to have one more long weekend.
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- Helen S. Bradbury Lebanon, Ohio
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- Richard Brookhiser's reference to the relative greatness of
- American Presidents reminded me of an observation that I heard
- Albert Bushnell Hart, the eminent Harvard historian, make when
- he was preparing for the 1932 bicentennial of Washington's
- birth. He said, "Lincoln had everything to gain and nothing to
- lose; Washington had nothing to gain and everything to lose."
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- Paul L. Noble Miami
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