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There is no denying that Washington‘s Farewell Address is eerily prescient. His warnings about party divides, about tyrants exacerbating that divide, about foreign entanglements, & losing the ideal of ‘We The People‘. Well, those foresights are now realities.

I‘m glad I took the time to read this. It‘s sad to think that if Washington were to write this now and say it today, some jackass would be on X calling for his deportation.

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Guys. Look at this.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/feb/21/george-washington-hair-found-old-b...

I didn‘t even approach my meager goal of 50 books for the year. I have barely finished any book since Amy passed away, since my evenings aren‘t the same and aren‘t as relaxing. I‘m ok though because a lot of my books were harder, more in-depth reads that asked a lot more from me mentally. On to 2018! 🎊 #myyearinbooks

I read this yesterday. It is really truly the bomb. One wishes one could have heard Washington speak it and how it was received when we as a country were just babies.
#nonfiction #history

More #Hamilton gold from "The Real Book about George Washington", published in 1952. The book is intended for children but it's super entertaining for this 30 yr old.. ?

When reading a 1952 book about George Washington (The Real Book about George Washington) and you find the a reference to #Hamilton .

The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries, which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual;