Excerpt from Colossal Bust of Washington, (in American Marble, Designed to a Scale of 10 Feet Hight ): Illustrated by a Phrenological Critique From the New York Churchman, With Introductory Remarks, Embracing a Synopsis of the Phrenological Points of His Character IN estimating the value of this work, purporting to be the Life of George Washington, it appears necessary to us to inquire how far the author is gifted with the capacity to execute such an un dertaking, so far as this is determined by any indications afforded in previous writings, and by what is here done, as compared wi'h th: nature and character of the subject as related, not to any indi vidual ideal, however elevated, but to that position which history assigns, and which succeeding ages, in the approbation of all great and good men, are destined to ratify.
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