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ELOISE KLEIN HEALY On Reading a Biography of George Washington There is no cherry tree. There is mud and blood and winter. There are letters and orders to his farm manager written by candle light detailing chores to do. There are letters written to his British broker complaining about low prices for his corn. There is nothing lofty written about democracy but there is something about the country he surveyed beyond the mountains. There is nothing about democracy yet but he is tired of being told what he can and cannot do. Tired. Of a King. Of being told what he can and cannot do in his country. There is a letter in which he orders a uniform he designed himself. It does not fit very well because he does not know his size. ELOISE KLEIN HEALY ✦ 9 He wears it anyway. Democracy. Design and redesign and self-design. Democracy. Something lofty was written in mud and blood and winters. Democracy. 10 ✦ ELOISE KLEIN HEALY ...

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