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Hard is the task of the man who at this late day attempts to say anything new about Washington. But perhaps it may be possible to unsay some of the things which have been said, and which, though they were at one time new, have never at any time been strictly true. The character of Washington, emerging splendid from the dust and tumult of those great conflicts in which he played the leading part, has passed successively into three media of obscuration, from each of which his figure, like the sun shining through vapors, has received some disguise of shape and color. First came the. | Americanism of Washington by Henry Van Dyke 1 Americanism of Washington by Henry Van Dyke Project Gutenberg s The Americanism of Washington by Henry Van Dyke This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title The Americanism of Washington Author Henry Van Dyke Release Date February 20 2004 EBook 11192 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE AMERICANISM OF WASHINGTON Produced by Connie Boitano and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team THE AMERICANISM OF Americanism of Washington by Henry Van Dyke WASHINGTON 2 By Henry van Dyke 1906 Hard is the task of the man who at this late day attempts to say anything new about Washington. But perhaps it may be possible to unsay some of the things which have been said and which though they were at one time new have never at any time been strictly true. The character of Washington emerging splendid from the dust and tumult of those great conflicts in which he played the leading part has passed successively into three media of obscuration from each of which his figure like the sun shining through vapors has received some disguise of shape and color. First came the mist of mythology in which we discerned the new St. George serene impeccable moving through an orchard of ever-blooming cherry-trees gracefully vanquishing dragons with a touch and shedding fragrance and radiance around him. Out of that mythological mist we groped our way to find ourselves beneath the rolling clouds of oratory above which the head of the hero was pinnacled in remote grandeur like a sphinx poised upon a volcanic peak isolated and mysterious. That altitudinous figure still dominates the cloudy landscapes of the after-dinner orator but the frigid academic mind has turned away from it and looking through .
