“The foundation of our Empire was not laid in the gloomy age of Ignorance and Superstition, but at an Epoch when the rights of mankind were better understood and more clearly defined, than at any former period.” George Washington, (1732-1799) Founding Father, 1st US President, ‘Father of the Country.’ Source: Circular to the States, 1783, Ref: Our Sacred Honor, Bennett (379).
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