In farewell address, george washington most hopes to be remembered as a
president whose long years of service outweighed any faults he may have had.
which passage from the text most strongly supports that hope?
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"though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration, i am unconscious of
intentional error, i am nevertheless too sensible of my defects not to think it
probable that i may have committed many errors."
"who can doubt that, in the course of time and things, the fruits of such a
plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a
steady adherence to it? "
"i shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view
them with indulgence; and that, after forty five years of my life dedicated to
its service with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be
consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest."
" anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat in which i promise
myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the
midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free
government, the ever-favorite object of my heart, and the happy reward, as i
trust, of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers."
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