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Fame in arms or art, however conspicuous, is naught, unless bottomed in virtue.

— Henry Lee III

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To the memory of the Man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.

I would rather see you unlettered and unnoticed, if virtuous in practice as well as in theory, than see you the equal in glory to the great Washington.

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