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The historian and the biographer may fail to do him justice, but the instinct of mankind will not fail.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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gutenberg.orgHenry Cabot Lodge: “The historian and the biographer may fail to do him justice, but the instinct of mankind will not fail.”
Editor's note · Context
Lodge asserts that while historians may fail to capture Washington's greatness, the public's instinct will recognize it.
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