XXil 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
March, 1911 
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color by Arthur E. Becher. New 
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For more than a century Washington was 
exalted as a model of manners and morals 
—and portrayed as a prig; he was idealized 
as a hero—and rendered unreal; he was 
glorified as the father of his country—and 
denied all human fellowship with his kin; 
he was invested with every virtue, and di- 
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best demonstration of his true greatness. 
Of recent years, however, there has been a 
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Tue DESIGN OF CONDENSING PLANTS. 
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