Can any man of ancient or modern times fail to pronounce Washington peerless ?" These comparisons so strange to our ears tell of a fame which has reached farther than we can readily conceive.
Washington stands as a type, and has stamped himself deep upon the imagination of mankind.

Whether the image be true or false is of no consequence: the fact endures.

He rises up from the dust of history as a Greek statue comes pure and serene from the earth in which it has lain for centuries.

We know his deeds; but what was it in the man which has given him such a place in the affection, the respect, and the imagination of his fellow men throughout the world?
Perhaps this question has been fully answered already.

Possibly every one who has thought upon the subject has solved the problem, so that even to state it is superfluous.