...greatest man in that body, he replied : " If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledgc, of South Carolina, is the greatest orator; but if you speak of solid information and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is by far the greatest man on that floor." When, fifteen years earlier, Washington, at the close of the...

...first Congress. Soon I after Patrick Henry returned home, being asked " whom he thought the greatest man in Congress," he replied, " If you speak of eloquence,...is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor."* This opinion was verified by ev- ,i cry act of his life. His knowledge, on the subjects to which he...

...3ní)re 1774 fragte, wer ber erfte ЗЛапп im Songreffe fei, ba gab er jene behfwürbige 2lntwort: „If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge of South...Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man of that floor." — (Stye wir nun bie neueften unb bebeutungosollften ^robucte ber атепсап^феп...

...im Songreffe fei, ba gab er jene benfrourbige 2lntn>ort: „If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Eutledge of South Carolina is by far the greatest orator; but...Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man of that floor." — 6f)e wir nun bie neueften unb bebeutungßtollften Sßrobucte bet ûmericаnifфen...

...members of Congress. Soon after Patrick Henry returned home, being asked whom he thought the greatest man in Congress, he replied : " If you speak of eloquence,...is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor." Replying to a letter from his friend Captain Mackenzie of the British army, then stationed at Boston,...

...jene denkwürdige Antwort: „If you speak,of eloquence, Mr. Eulledge of South Carolina is by far tJte greatest orator; but if you speak of solid Information and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is unquestionally the greatest man of that floor. 1 " Ehe wir nun die neuesten und bedeutungsvollsten...

...his wonted kindness and candor ; and having been asked by one of them, ' whom he thought the greatest man in Congress,' he replied — ' If you speak of...is, unquestionably, the greatest man on that floor.' ' John Adams has recorded a very different estimate of Rutledge's oratorical abilities. He thus describes...

...members of Congress. Soon after Patrick Henry returned home, being asked whom he thought the greatest man in Congress, he replied : " If you speak of eloquence,...is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor." Replying to a letter from his friend Captain Mackenzie of the British army, then stationed at Boston,...

...wonted kindness and candor ; and, having been asked by one of them, c whom he thought the greatest man in Congress/ he replied, — ' If you speak of...Washington is, unquestionably, the greatest man on that floor.7 Such was the penetration/which, at that early period of Washington's life, could pierce through...

...home, being asked, "whom he thought the greatest man in Congress," * Wirt's Life of Patrick Henry, he replied, " If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge,...is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor." On returning home, Washington, at the request of some of the volunteer companies, acted as field officer,...