
NorthernWind
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'Washington, hearing of the situation, convened a meeting at which he made a dramatic entrance, delivered a few remarks, and then - as he unfolded a letter he intended to read aloud to the gathering - shocked the audience by putting on a pair of glasses, which at the time were viewed as a sign of weakness and old age.
"Gentlemen, he said, "you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for I have grown not only grey but almost blind in the service of my country "'.
Tom G.Palmer. Peace, Love, Liberty, p.87.
"Gentlemen, he said, "you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for I have grown not only grey but almost blind in the service of my country "'.
Tom G.Palmer. Peace, Love, Liberty, p.87.