THE WORK BEGUN IN EARNEST.
Washington’s Faith in the Future—Mr. Sparks is “Inclined to
Think”—A Slight Miscalculation—Theoretical Spartans—Clinging to
Old World Glories—Jefferson Acts the Critic—He Communicates
Some Ideas—Models of Antiquity—Babylon Revived—Difficulty in
Satisfying a Frenchman’s Soul—The Man Who Planned the
Capital—Who Was L’Enfant?—His Troubles—His Dismissal—His
Personal Appearance, Old Age, Death, and Burial Place—His
Successor—A Magnificent Plan—A Record Which Can Never Perish—An
Overpaid Quaker—Jefferson Expresses His Sentiments—A Sable
Franklin—The Negro Engineer, Benjamin Bancker—A Chance for a
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