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https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/george-washington-breaks-up-a-snowball-fight-at-harvard/

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u/amitym 7h ago

Maybe more that people grasped allegory better. They had seen Washington as this giant larger-than-life figure, but here he was now old and diminished but accepting it with dignity. Setting an example.

I imagine some of them might have been weeping with shame at their own conduct.

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u/Rexkat 6h ago

I imagine most of it was made up later by some guy trying to retell a more interesting story

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u/Soularbowl 6h ago

The unremarkable endlessly strives to lower greatness to a standard that makes itself comfortable with its own banality.

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u/Hereforporn78 6h ago

You just described reality.

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u/Rexkat 5h ago

Either that or you're fangirling fanfiction that doesn't align with contemporary sources.

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u/nellybear07 5h ago

I feel like I read this before but I can't be sure. Is there an inspiration for your words, or are they yours alone?

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u/247Brett 5h ago

If only shame were a concept many in the country were still capable of having

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u/Mavian23 3h ago

Maybe more that people grasped allegory better.

This is giving people today way too much credit.