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he there exercised and developed, stood him in good stead 

 in many a long campaign and on many a stricken field ; 

 they helped to build that stern capacity for leadership in 

 war which he showed alike through the bitter woe of the 

 winter at Valley Forge, on the night when he ferried his 

 men across the half-frozen Delaware to the overthrow of 

 the German mercenaries at Trenton, and in the brilliant 

 feat of arms whereof the outcome was the decisive victory 

 of Yorktown. 



