Re: Just As True Today As It Was In 1779

"Raymond O'Hara" <raymond-ohara@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "D. Spencer Hines" <panther@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Yes.
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>> DSH
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>> Lux et Veritas et Libertas
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>> "William Black" <william.black@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> It is possible (nay probable) that Wa****ngton was well aware of 
>>> Cromwell's failings and so deliberately avoided following the path to 
>>> tyranny.
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> the founding fathers were schooled in the classics and the ideal of 
> republican rome and the story of cinncinnatus was a powerful example of 
> how to act. one of GW's generals named a city for cinncinnatus [sic] in 
> ohio ,

And GW followed the example of Cincinnatus after his Victory in the War of

Independence and again after his two terms as President, when he could 
easily have been reelected for a third term.

> and whilr OC was a severe in the extreme puritan GW while always the 
> correct and prioper gentleman was also very personable and highly 
> charismatic and personable, everyone who met him came away won over.

Indeed.  He was unique and irreplaceable as both General and President.