"Once, during the Siege of Boston, when almost nothing was going right and General Schuyler had written from Albany to bemoan his troubles, Washington had replied that he understood but that "we must bear up against them, and make the best of mankind as they are, since we cannot have them as we wish." It was such resolve and an acceptance of mankind and circumstances as they were, not as he wished them to be, that continued to carry Washington through. "I will not however despair," he now wrote to Governor William Livingston."
Washington was a great man, worthy of the hero worship we still give him. The Revolutionary War was a shambles, and I'm not sure how we won it, but Washington was an amazing leader and a generous, humble man. I have a feeling that if I would have met him in person, I'd have been just as awed by him as everyone else was. Few people are made of such hardy stuff.
Kind of reminds me of King Pahorah... also an amazing man.
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