...foretold fifteen months ago with a spirit almost prophetic. . . . You can form no idea of the perplexity of my situation. No man, I believe, ever had a greater...from them. However under a full persuasion of the justness of our cause, I cannot entertain an idea that it will finally sink, though it may remain for...

...2d series, I., index under "British" and "Jerseys." is pretty nearly up." " No man," he believed, " ever had a greater choice of difficulties, and less means to extricate himself from them." He did not think the cause would finally sink, " though it may remain for some time under a cloud."...

...every nerve is not strained to recruit the new army ... I think the game is pretty nearly up. . . . However, under a full persuasion of the justice of our cause, I can not entertain an Idea that it will finally sink, tho' it may remain for some time under a cloud."...

...Baltimore, and it seemed to many as if the cause of Liberty had been lost. Washington felt that "no man had a greater choice of difficulties, and less means to extricate himself from them." Certainly no man could do more with little. In ten days by a master stroke he wrested from Howe almost...

...this new army the game was pretty nearly up " ; and added, "You can form no idea of the perplexity of my situation. No man, I believe, ever had a greater...though it may remain for some time under a cloud." There is no complaint, no boasting, no despair in this letter. We can detect a bitterness in the references...

...for disgust. ' You can form no idea of the perplexity of my situation,' he wrote to his brother. ' No man, I believe, ever had a greater choice of difficulties,...though it may remain for some time under a cloud/ 1 The only true test of constancy, on land or sea, in public or in private life, is when foul weather...

...for disgust. ' You can form no idea of the perplexity of my situation,' he wrote to his brother. ' No man, I believe, ever had a greater choice of difficulties, and less means to extricate liimself from them. However, under a full persuasion of the justice of our cause, I cannot entertain...

...officer and was now a prisoner with the British. In the intensity of his feeling, Washington exclaimed: "No man, I believe, ever had a greater choice of difficulties, and less means to extricate himself from them.'' And yet, in the next breath he added, with that confidence which never deserted him: "However, under...

...for disgust. ' You can form no idea of the perplexity of my situation,' he wrote to his brother. ' No man, I believe, ever had a greater choice of difficulties,...though it may remain for some time under a cloud.' 1 The only true test of constancy, on land or sea, in public or in private life, is when foul weather...

...Philadelphia was threatened, and the WJiigs in that city were almost panic-stricken. Washington wrote, "No man, I believe, ever had a greater choice of difficulties and less means to extricate himself from them." Congress, charging Washington with dictatorial powers, fled from Philadelphia to Baltimore, while Eastern...