Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader · Chapter 66=73.= Inscription for a Statue of Washington

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The General Assembly of Virginia have caused this statue to be erected as a monument of affection and gratitude to George Washington, who, uniting to the endowments of the hero the virtues of the patriot, and exerting both in establishing the liberties of his country, has rendered his name dear to his fellow-citizens, and given to the world an immortal example of true glory.

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=John Randolph, 1773-1832.= (Manual, p. 487.)

From a Speech in the Virginia Convention.