tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338594.post8507410288478978390..comments2024-03-05T09:42:44.066-08:00Comments on Rational Rant: Another Fake Washington Quotation (What God Wants)sbhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074136019151416282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338594.post-62815298943156278912017-01-11T17:36:48.876-08:002017-01-11T17:36:48.876-08:00Karen Whiting:
Your citation is incorrect. Washin...Karen Whiting:<br /><br />Your citation is incorrect. Washington's speech to the Delaware Chiefs was the first place I looked for this in point of fact. That speech (written by Robert Hanson Harrison and signed by Washington) has been published in a number of places, including volume XV of Fitzpatrick's edition, pp. 53–56. The words "Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do—then do it with all your strength" do not appear anywhere in it. You can look for yourself <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293023046752;view=1up;seq=113" rel="nofollow">here</a>. For more information about Washington's encounter with the Lenape chiefs <a href="https://fakehistory.wordpress.com/2011/01/30/washington-and-american-schools-revisited/" rel="nofollow">here</a> is a piece I wrote about the event several years ago.sbhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05074136019151416282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338594.post-36525556460082352182017-01-11T06:41:24.057-08:002017-01-11T06:41:24.057-08:00Citation for quote: Make sure you are doing what G...Citation for quote: Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do—then do it with all your strength.<br /><br />George Washington, The Writings of Washington, John C. Fitzpatrick, editor (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1932), Vol. XV, p. 55, from his speech to the Delaware Indian Chiefs on May 12, 1779. Karen Whitnghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09622540236952691688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338594.post-39272276796871543812015-02-17T09:03:36.779-08:002015-02-17T09:03:36.779-08:00Hey, you're getting some great Washington mate...Hey, you're getting some great Washington materials going here. Good show! rfhAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com