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Glenn Beck revisited Thomas Paine’s famous pre-Revolutionary War call to action in his #1 New York Tim es bestseller Glenn Beck’s Common Sense . Now he brings his historical acumen and political savvy to this fresh, new interpretation of The Federalist Papers , the 18th-century collection... read more
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- George Washington: Historical leader during the Revolutionary War, the first president of the United States over a ruling congress
- Betsey Fauntleroy: A girl that George asked to marry him, but her parents would't let her marry him because they saw him as too low-class.
- Benedict Arnold: Led heroic charge against the British at Saratoga, but better known for later betraying his country.
- Charles Cornwallis: British general who surrendered to Washington at Yorktown; distinguished, imposing, handsome, impatient, and prideful to the core.
- General Rochambeau: French ally of Washington, the epitome of a European officer and gentleman.
- Alexander Hamilton: Add a description of this character.
- William Howe
- Charles Lee
- Martha Washington: Wife to George Washington
- Henry Knox
- John Honeyman
- Johann Gottlieb Rall
- Horatio Gates
- James Madison
- John André
- Henry Clinton
- Billy Lee
- Von Donop
- Henry Laurens
- Elizabeth Cadwalader
- Peggy Shippen Arnold
- Mrs. Elizabeth Loring
- Thomas Jefferson
- James Wilkinson
- Thomas Paine
- Judge Edward Shippen
- Benjamin Franklin
- Nathan Hale
- Thomas Mifflin
- Joseph Stansbury
- John Jameson
- George Iii
- Nathanael Greene
- John Laurens
- Edward Braddock
- Joshua Allen
- Margaret
- John Adams
- James Ewing
- Richard Henry Lee
- Frederick the Great
- Cornet Banastre Tarleton
- St. Thomas Jenifer
- Johnny Burgoyne
- Aaron Burr
- Lewis Nicola
- Gilbert Stuart
- Robert Morris
- Dr. Elisha Cullen Dick
- Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer
- Lord Cornwallis
- Pierce Butler
- King Louis XVI
- Edmund Randolph
- Half King
- Luther Martin
- James Monroe
- William McWilliams
- Marquis de Lafayette
- Henry Lee Jr.
- Lund Washington
- Dr. Benjamin Rush
- Lord Stirling
- Lawrence Washington
- Thomas Conway
- Baron von Steuben
- Ethan Allen
- Simon Fraser
- William Pierce
- John Sullivan
- John Paulding
- Benjamin Tallmadge
- Betsy Ross
- Joseph Coulon de Jumonville
- Tobias Lear
- Robert Howe
- Mary Ball Washington
- Corporal Amos Barnett
- John Jay
- Edmond-Charles Genêt
- Friedrich von Münchhausen
- Joseph Plumb Martin
- David Hackett Fischer
- James McHenry
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- Dr. James Craik
- Joshua Loring Jr.
- de Grasse
- Thomas Graves
- Joseph Galloway
- David Franks
- John Cadwalader
- Daniel Morgan
- Martha Dandridge Custis
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“As his last days neared, Arnold asked for his old coat to be draped on his shoulders, saying, 'Let me die in this old uniform in which I fought my battles. May God forgive me for wearing any other.'”
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“For Washington, holding power was the sacrifice; giving it up was easy. Government was something a citizen took part in as a patriotic duty, not a career.”
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These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
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Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
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Yesterday can be an easy excuse on the way to missing out on tomorrow.
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Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him. —JAMES LANE ALLEN
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No People can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand, which conducts the Affairs of men more than the People of the United States. —GEORGE WASHINGTON, FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS
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“Let your conversation be without malice or envy,” he had copied out to his notebook as a teenager. “Always submit your judgment to others with modesty.”
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He was just a man, albeit one who happened to see his principles as immovable objects rather than minor inconveniences.
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His simple faith in God, his desire to be a man of virtue in everything he said and did, his focus on the tiniest of character traits all accumulated over time and formed an unshakable, virtuous character built on solid rock. He could not be bought off, tricked, or beaten into submission by the world around him.
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the reason he was given enormous responsibilities is that people admired how he handled the small ones.
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Honor does not waver in the wind; it must, to borrow a phrase from Thomas Jefferson, stand like a rock. It’s something that must be practiced in good times and bad, in peace and in war.
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Setting & Locations edit
- Mount Vernon, VA: Location of Washington's family estate.
- Philadelphia
- New York City
- Trenton
- Valley Forge
- Virginia
- America
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- West Point
- Yorktown, VA: Small city that Lord Cornwallis fortified with strong walls and rock and earthen redoubts. Its steep banks allowed British ships to port as needed to bring him additional men or supplies, or to provide his army an escape route if needed.
- Newburgh
- Providence
- Delaware
- Massachusetts
- United States
- Boston
- Georgia
- Saratoga
- Connecticut
- York River
- Lafayette
- France
- Europe
- Britain
- London
- Manhattan
- Maryland
- South Carolina
- Heaven
- Paris
- Tarleton
- Princeton
- England
- Canada
- Long Island
- Hudson River
First Sentence edit
The colonel's horse was terrified.
Themes & Symbolism edit
- Integrity: Washington repeatedly is put in positions where remaing true to to his word becomes a test, as a man of his word he keeps true to his promises made with others and himself.
- Divine Providence: Examples are cited throughout the book of weather changes, certain interactions with other people, and witnesses to unseen aid for the American cause. Without these miracles, it is believed the revolutionary War could have had an entirely differently outcome
Series & Lists edit
This is book 4 of 16 in New York Times Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction (Current). (authoritative list)
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- Glenn Beck (Author)
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- Dewey: 320
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- Foundations Magazine: This website includes The Rules of Civility cited in the book, with reasoning behind Washington's desire to follow these rules through his life. More infor on the Founding Fathers also at this website
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