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LETTERS, Page 4The Founding Father
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.
Helen S. Bradbury
Lebanon, Ohio
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."
Paul L. Noble
Miami