What was the biggest surprise or insight about Washington from it?
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Our image of GW is the elderly statesman from the Gilbert Stuart paintings or the hagiographic contemporary eulogies. The young GW was handsome, athletic, a "man's man" with a fiery temper. GW had to learn to control and restrain himself; his famous reservedness was cultivated.
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Dude is straight up superhuman.
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chernow doesnt miss
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His Excellency is better.
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Surprising fact: Washington was always formal and never chummy. Hamilton once tried to slap his back and got a death stare back from Washington. GW learned his rules of civility when young:https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/rules-of-civility/ …
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Just read this because of this tweet. Pretty incredible!
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