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Article: George Washington; Showing Founding Father to be more than icon of probity.(BOOKS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
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- November 7, 2004
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Byline: Michael P. Riccards, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
He was judged by a contemporary, Henry Lee, "first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." Colleagues termed him "His Excellency," and historians have tagged him as America's only "indispensable man."
But for us today, George Washington seems to be a noble, but boring father. In fact , he was man of explosive temperaments who struggled all his life with self-control. He fell passionately in love with his neighbor's wife, was heavily criticized for war crimes by the French court during the French and Indian War, and was accused by the Republican party of having betrayed ...