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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He accomplished this great labor more successfully by honest and lawful methods than if he had taken the path of the strong-handed savior of society, and his work in this field did more for the welfare of his country than all his battles.
All that can be said is, that without the influence and the labors of Washington the convention of 1787, in all probability, would have failed of success.
The vulgar hatred of wealth found no place in his heart.
However, although they seem to have little feeling for the naked and distressed soldiers, I feel superabundantly for them, and from my soul I pity those miseries which it is neither in my power to relieve or prevent.