In France his name has always been revered, and in distant lands those who have scarcely heard of the existence of the United States know the country of Washington.

To the mighty cairn which the nation and the states have raised to his memory, stones have come from Greece, sending a fragment of the Parthenon; from Brazil and Switzerland, Turkey and Japan, Siam and India beyond the Ganges.

On that sent by China we read: "In devising plans, Washington was more decided than Ching Shing or Woo Kwang; in winning a country he was braver than Tsau Tsau or Ling Pi.

Wielding his four-footed falchion, he extended the frontiers and refused to accept the Royal Dignity.

The sentiments of the Three Dynasties have reappeared in him.