Washington's Farewell Address Performed by Harry E. Humphrey (1913) Played on the Edison Amberola 1A
CLICK HERE! To send us a message! Ask us a Question or just let us know what you think!“No words can increase the glory of the immortal Washington” is the kind of line that can turn a founder into a statue. We go the other direction and treat Washington as a living source of leadership lessons, pulling from the language of his farewell to ask what still applies to American politics right now.We talk through the shift from celebration to substance: the dream of having Washington’s voice recorded, the image of him laying aside office and walking back to Mount Vernon as an ordinary citizen, and…
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