"The purely Great Whose soul no siren passion could unsphere, Thou nameless, now a power and mixed with fate."
— George Washington

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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James Russell Lowell, Under the old Elm. The elm near Cambridge with the inscription "Under this tree, Washington first took command of the American Army, July 3, 1775"