...view, in his final act as commander in chief, when he wrote to the governors of the thirteen states: The foundation of our empire was not laid in the gloomy age of Ignorance and Superstition, but at an Epocha when the rights of mankind were better understood and more clearly defined,...

...secure, George Washington claimed in 1783 in a letter sent to the governors of the American states: The foundation of our Empire was not laid in the gloomy age of Ignorance and Superstition, but at an Epocha when the rights of mankind were better understood and more clearly defined,...

...the community to be governed by it. Hence George Washington, in one of his magisterial deliverances: The foundation of our empire was not laid in the gloomy age of ignorance and superstition, but at an epoch when the rights of mankind were better understood and more clearly defined,...

...distress which human nature is capable of undergoing. To Nathanael Greene, Newburgh, February 6, 1783 The foundation of our empire was not laid in the gloomy age of ignorance and superstition, but at an epocha when the rights of mankind were better understood and more clearly defined...

...darkness. In a memorable passage in his "Circular to the States" of 1783, George Washington proclaimed that "The foundation of our empire was not laid in the gloomy age of ignorance and superstition, but at an epoch when the rights of mankind were better understood and more clearly defined...

...obligations and opportunities implicit in his national vision, again in some of his most poetic language: "The foundation of our Empire was not laid in the gloomy age of Ignorance and Suspicion, but at an Epoch when the rights of mankind were better understood and more clearly defined,...

...heritage and its importance for the success of America's experiment in selfgovernment when he wrote, The foundation of our empire was not laid in the gloomy age of ignorance and superstition, but at an epoch when the rights of mankind were better understood and more clearly defined...

...Washington promoted was hardly an orthodox Christian view. In his message to state governors, he wrote that "the foundation of our empire was not laid in the gloomy age of ignorance and superstition." Washington praised "the growing liberality of sentiment, and, above all, the pure and...

...favored with. " Our fortunate nation was born, the General told us, at a time unique in human history. "The foundation of our Empire was not laid in the gloomy age of Ignorance and Superstition, but at an Epocha when the rights of mankind were better understood and more clearly defined,...

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