Identifier: storyofgreatestn09elli (find matches)
Title: The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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The United States—Quarrel with France ^595 service by setting to the presidential term an eight-year limit, which never hasbeen and probably never will be overstepped. The farewell speech with which our great benefactor retired from office/1797) was full of such statesmanlike advice, such earnest prophecy of thefuture, that every American should know it by heart, as all who deeply lovetheir country do. The United States was Washingtons child, which he hadreared and loved, and, as he pointed out the course it must pursue, not one self-ish thought clouded his clear-seeing brain. He died in 1799 at Mount Ver-non, honored and mourned as no other man has ever been. The world now seeshis greatness as well as we, and Europe unites with us in placing him upon apinnacle—alone. Washingtons retirement left the presidential field open. Jefferson Avas, ofcourse, nominated by the Democrats. He towered head and shoulders aboveall others of his party. Among the Federalists the leadership was not

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