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These reflections will be a cordial to my mind as long as I am able to dist...\"":1,"#Rule No. 11":1,"#Rule No. 16":1,"#Kill no Vermin as Fleas, lice ticks &c in the Sight of Others, if you See any filth or thick Spittle put your foot Dexteriously upon it if it be upon the Cloths of your Companions, Put it off privately, and if it be upon your own Cloths return Thanks to him who puts it off.":1,"#Rule No. 20":1,"#Shift not yourself in the Sight of others nor Gnaw your nails.":1,"#From George Washington to Henry Knox | Wednesday, April 01, 1789":1,"#\"For myself, the delay may be compared to a reprieve; for in confidence I can assure you—with the world it would obtain little credit—that my movements to the chair of Government will be accompanied wi...\"":1,"#Shake not the head, Feet, or Legs rowl not the Eys lift not one eyebrow higher than the other wry not the mouth, and bedew no mans face with your Spittle, by appr[oaching too nea]r him [when] you Speak.":1,"#Be no Flatterer, neither Play with any that delights not to be Play'd Withal.":1,"#Rule No. 15":1,"#Rule No. 12":1,"#Read no Letters, Books, or Papers in Company but when there is a Necessity for the doing of it you must ask leave: come not near the Books or Writings of Another so as to read them unless desired or give your opinion of them unask'd also look not nigh when another is writing a Letter.":1,"#Rule No. 14":1,"#Do not Puff up the Cheeks, Loll not out the tongue rub the Hands, or beard, thrust out the lips, or bite them or keep the Lips too open or too Close.":1,"#Rule No. 18":1,"#Rule No. 13":1,"#Turn not your Back to others especially in Speaking, Jog not the Table or Desk on which Another reads or writes, lean not upon any one.":1,"#The Gestures of the Body must be Suited to the discourse you are upon.":1,"#Results for ''":1,"#Rule No. 17":1,"#Classroom Resources":1,"#George Washington to George Washington Parke Custis | Sunday, January 07, 1798":1,"##Foreign policy":1,"#\"To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.\"":1,"#\"...the hours allotted for study, if really applied to it, instead of running up & down stairs, & wasted in conversation with any one who will talk with you, will enable you to make considerable progre...\"":1,"#First Annual Address, to both Houses of Congress | Friday, January 08, 1790":1,"#Methods and Instruments":1,"##Mount vernon estate":1,"##Education":1,"##Labor":1,"#Take Note!":1,"#Experimental Farmer":1,"#Library on the Potomac":1,"#Soldier Scholar":1,"#Let your Countenance be pleasant but in Serious Matters Somewhat grave.":1,"#About results ( seconds)":1,"#\"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence—true friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo & withstand the shocks of a...\"":1,"#Washington's Legacy":1,"#\"I shall make it the most agreeable part of my duty to study merit, and reward the brave and deserving.\"":1,"#With Washington’s death in December 1799, Hamilton was briefly the senior-ranking officer of the army, until his departure from the service the following year.":1,"#From George Washington to Bushrod Washington | Wednesday, January 15, 1783":1,"#\"A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite; and their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories...\"":1,"#Letter to Governor Dinwiddie | Wednesday, May 29, 1754":1,"#\"Nothing is a greater stranger to my breast, or a sin that my soul more abhors, than that black and detestable one, ingratitude.\"":1,"#Address to the Officers of the Virginia Regiment | Thursday, January 08, 1756":1,"#First Annual Address, to both Houses of Congress, January 8, 1790 |":1,"#About results ( seconds)":1,"#\"I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is the best policy.\"":1,"#\"For happily the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good...\"":1,"#Alexander Hamilton was a founding father of the United States, who fought in the American Revolutionary War, helped draft the Constitution, and served as the first secretary of the treasury. He was the founder and chief architect of the American financial system.":1,"#From George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island | Wednesday, August 18, 1790":1,"#\"For if Men are to be precluded from offering their Sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences, that can invite the consideration of Mankind, reason is of no u...\"":1,"#President":1,"#Address to the Officers of the Army | Saturday, March 15, 1783":1,"##Military":1,"#It's Your Turn to Lead":1,"##Leadership":1,"#Farewell Address to the People of the United States | Monday, September 19, 1796":1,"##Family":1,"#1 of 8":1,"##Government":1,"# a.m.":1,"#January , ":1,"#Borden, Morton. Parties and Politics in the Early Republic: 1789-1815. Arlington Heights, IL: AHM Publishing, 1967.":1,"#Alexander Hamilton, by James Earle Fraser, ca. 1922. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.":1,"#Washington and Hamilton from Mount Vernon on Vimeo.":1,"#Today, Hamilton is recognized for his role in creating America’s financial system, and his portrait is on the ten-dollar bill. He gained new acclaim in 2015 with the Broadway production Hamilton, a Tony Award-winning musical about his inspiring rise to prominence.":1,"#Alexander Hamilton, by Alonzo Chapel. Courtesy Gilder Lehrman.":1,"#Harper, John Lamberton. American Machiavelli: Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. Foreign Policy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004.":1,"#Hamilton was born on January 11, in 1755 or 1757 at Charlestown, on the British island of Nevis. His parents, Rachel Faucette and James Hamilton, were not married when he was born. James abandoned the family in 1766 and Rachel died in 1768. Hamilton spent his adolescence on the Danish possession of St. Croix. Locals recognized Hamilton’s remarkable intelligence after he published an eloquent letter describing a hurricane that hit the island, and raised money to send him to school in Britain’s North American colonies.":1,"#Emails are sent periodically. You can unsubscribe at any time.":1,"#Meet Hamilton":1,"#McDonald, Forrrest. Alexander Hamilton: A Biography. New York: W.W. Norton, 1979.":1,"#Chernow, Ron. Alexander Hamilton. New York: The Penguin Press, 2004.":1,"#Kieran J. O’Keefe George Washington University":1,"#Learn more about Alexander Hamilton and his relationship with George Washington.":1,"#Alexander Hamilton, by John Trumbull, ca. 1806. Andrew W. Mellon Collection [1940.1.8]. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.":1,"#U1897.1.1 George Washington as First Colonel in the Virginia Regiment, Charles Willson Peale, oil on canvas, 1772. 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