All see, and most admire, the glare which hovers round the external trappings of elevated office. To me there is nothing in it, beyond the lustre which may be reflected from its connection with a power of promoting human felicity. β¨ George Washington, David Maydole Matteson, United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission (1931). The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799
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