I find in him a marvelous judgment which was never at fault, a penetrating vision which beheld the future of America when it was dim to other eyes, a great intellectual force, a will of iron, an unyielding grasp of facts, and an unequaled strength of patriotic purpose.
Lodge describes Washington's exceptional qualities, including his judgment, vision, and patriotic purpose.
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