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immortal Shakspeare is alone competent to the task, and on the tombstone of the 

 illustrious WASHINGTON let it be engraved 



His life was gentle, and the elements 



So mix d in him, that Nature might stand up 



And say to all the world, This was a man, 



take him for all in all, 



We shall not look upon his like again* 



* Julius Ca3sar, Act V. Scene 5 ; and Hamlet, Act I. Scene 2. 



