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EULOGY ON GENERAL WASHINGTON. 



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concerns, he makes careful provifion for a 



literary 



eftablifhment which he had before emphatically recom- 



mended j appropriating to the inftitution of a National 



'University a very liberal donation, which his native 



iilate, as an exprellion of their grateful fenfe of his 



.ferviccs, had placed at his difpofal. 



Tii 



preflio 



of h 



fentiments and views 



ndicate the charader, which he would probably prefe 



n. Not merely that of a warrior, or ftatefman : 



fufta 



bu 



/ 



the enlightened friend of man, and all his beft en 



:joyments : the ad 



of 



g 



the fupporter of 



virtue: and, to adopt the language of your charter 



patron of 



(I 



ery art and fcience which 



may tend to advance the interefl, dignity and happinefs 

 of a free, independent and virtuous people." 



artift who executed the flatue which adorns 



Ti 



the capital of Virginia, had juft conceptions of the moll 

 appropriate charader and attitude. Its fimple costume, is 

 m^W adapted to defignate the founder and defender' of 



Am 



Liberty 



th 



pro ted 



of 



reprefentative -of a happy and peaceful 



§ 



the 



I 



% 



ould require little aid from the imagin 

 der the lignificant emblem of your fbciety 



memorial of your late illuftrious afToc 



an 



th the fpear and ihield 



Let Mr 



apt 



The 

 ^aks, 



-employment 



implements of husbandry 

 and the field of native grain 



prefcnt his venerable form. 



the hill crowned with 



The 



indicate his favo 



iofophy 



cloud 



the approaching fhip 



fing.city, the ini!ruments of ph 



and the fun above the 



lively images of the benign and happy influ 



Anecdotes. of the Sculptor Ho 



Month. Mag. Z^^x^ J 798. 



