Excerpt from Washington a Model in His Library and Life On the twelfth of May, more than a century ago, Washington, as instructed by Congress, took the oath as command er-in-chief of the army already under his command. The coincidence was recalled when before representatives, among others, of patriotic societies, on May 12, 1895, the following lecture was delivered in outline at All Angels' Church, New York. For the Rector of that church having founded the lecture course, appointed the date and place as above, entitling this lecture A New Leaf in History. It is needless to add that the Liturgical service, there chorally and splendidly rendered, was that in which, in the necessarily primi tive rendering of his day, \vashington was accustomed to participate in public worship. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.