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Excerpt from A Life of Washington, Vol. 2 of 2
Trenton, only to retire again into deeper oh scurity. The surrender of Burgoyne, the al lienee with France, and the honourable result of the battle of Monmouth combined to give new life to hope, but at the same time relaxed the vigour of perseverance. The storm seemed to have reached the crisis of its violence, and the lighthouse and the haven appeared in dis tant perspective. The crew of the vessel fell asleep, but the pilot remained awake at the helm. 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.