From the hour when the door of the tomb at Mount Vernon closed behind his coffin to the present instant, the chorus of praise and eulogy has never ceased, but has swelled deeper and louder with each succeeding year.
Lodge notes the enduring praise for George Washington since his death, highlighting the growth of his legacy over time.
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He fought to free the colonies from England, and make them independent, not to play the part of a Cæsar or a Cromwell in the wreck and confusion of civil war.
Fortitude in misfortune is more common than composure in the hour of victory.
High words will not terrify us, loud declamation will not deter us from the discharge of that duty.
Washington was wholly free from the vulgar ambition of the usurper, and the desire of mere personal aggrandizement found no place in his nature.