Excerpt from An Oration on the Moral Grandeur of George Washington, Delivered on the Centennial Anniversary of His Birth Day, February XXII, MDCCCXXXII, at the Request of the Citizens of Portsmouth, N. H This morning completes a century, since the birth of the Father of our country. So pre eminently valuable have been his services, and so distinguished his virtues, that the rest of the civilized world, as well as this nation, justly consider him, one of the most finished models of the human race. With him have become iden tified almost all our important national incidents and benefits, during the past century. Doubt less, to the end of time, will the radiance of his name continue to lighten and cheer the earth. 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 successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.