How does one determine the measure of a man? His accomplishments? His ancestry? His financial worth? Or do we look deep into the heart and soul of that man and determine the weight of his values, his dreams and what he has stood for in the grand scheme of things?
We will appraise the lives of six important figures in the shaping of our country. With this evaluation, we risk becoming critic and judge, but in an attempt to go beyond those things both tangible and measurable, perhaps we will be forgiven.
Thomas Jefferson called him, "
a wise, a good and a great man." Patrick Henry, when asked who he thought was the greatest man in Congress, replied,
"if you speak of solid information and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is the greatest man on that floor."
Despite his height and noble bearing, Washington was a quiet man who pondered long before decisions. Even with little schooling, he was an avid student of math and science. At a very early age, he was aware and......
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