Quote#Self
More than all, and above all, Washington was master of himself. If…
Quote byCharles Francis Adams Sr. · 1807–1886
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: As quoted in Washington's Birthday : Its History, Observance, Spirit, and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse (1918) by Robert Haven Schauffler, p. 143..
English (original)
More than all, and above all, Washington was master of himself. If there be one quality more than another in his character which may exercise a useful control over the men of the present hour, it is the total disregard of self when in the most elevated positions for influence and example.
— Charles Francis Adams Sr.
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