However the public confidence may change, and the public affections fluctuate with respect to others, yet with respect to him they have in war and in peace, in public and in private life, been as steady as his own firm mind, and as constant as his own exalted virtues.
Beveridge notes the unwavering public confidence in Washington, reflecting on his virtues in both war and peace.
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