5/22/2023 0 Comments George washington ron chernow![]() ![]() Cultivating aloofness as his political sword, the 6-foot-2-inch Washington owned any room he entered. ![]() ![]() Until his last breath, Washington epitomized self-control, sterling judgment, old-fashioned civility and noblesse oblige. “I thank you for your attentions, but I pray you to take no more trouble about me. Terms agreed-upon, Washington smiled contentedly. Seeking no religious comfort or last rites, Washington’s only deathbed request was that he not be buried until three days after his expiration he feared consciousness while being underground. But the poised manner of Washington is a gold-star example of a brave life lived with honor. There are many ways to measure greatness. “Though he never complained,” biographer Ron Chernow recounts of those last hours, “Washington was expiring in a particularly gruesome fashion and constantly gasped for air.” Washington may have defeated the British at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781, but an inflamed epiglottis got the best of him in 1799. In fact, Washington had contracted a vicious bacterial infection. The ex-president, his doctors believed, was suffering from “quinsy” (a throat inflammation). Sixty-seven-year-old George Washington was dying. ![]() 14, 1799, an ominous, fog-like gloom hung over Mount Vernon. ![]()
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