Author: George Washington

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-10-18

Total Pages: 628

ISBN-13: 9781396808555

Excerpt from The Writings of George Washington, Vol. 1 Wlth these maternals, lt wnll readily be sup posed, the work mlght have been extended to a much larger number of volumes. A llmlt was fixed, Wtll It was helleved would em brace all the most valuable parts of Wash mgton's wrltmgs, and at the same tlme not trespass too much on the means of purchasers. The task of selectlon has not been Wlthout lts dlfiicultles. I feel bound to say, however, that any errors m thls respect should be at tnbuted to defects of Judgment, and not to carelessness or negllgence. Nelther tlme, expense, nor labor m exammatlon, has been spared. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.