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Excerpt from Oration: Delivered at the Request of the Washington Light Infantry Company in Newburyport, Feb. 22, 1832 at the Centennial Celebration, Birth-Day of Washington Looking thus, with an undazzled eye, upon wash ington, we see' at once, he was not a brilliant genius, but a self-governed man; all whose powers and fac ulties and passions were marshalled in proper order, and were beneath the vigilant sway of an enlightened and pu rified will. There is no one point, gleaming with in tense brightness but it is the steady light of his whole life, which constitutes his real superiority. His single acts are not astounding. There was in him no ashing out of great energies and magnificent talents, on certain great occasions; spending their force in single efforts, and then becoming powerless, till the trumpet call of ne~ cessity summoned them forth again; but he was wonder ful for a sustained and ceaseless strength, an unfalter ing resolution, which was evidenced in his continued progress. To describe most great men, we enumerate certain splendid deeds; to convey an idea of washing ton, we must speak of the whole man at once: For the same powers of mind were exerted at Braddock's de feat, during the war of the revolution, in the presiden tial chair and as a private citizen. The same caution in forming opinions, and firmness in adhering to them; the same reverence for justice and benevolent humanity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections succ