On the record
In this city may that piety and virtue, that wisdom and magnanimity, that constancy and self-government, which adorned the great character whose name it bears be forever held in veneration!
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John Adams
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Editor's note · Context
Adams calls for the virtues associated with George Washington to be revered in the new capital city.
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