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nor any of his military associates ever wore that appendage to their physiognomy.  Walker, in his "analysis of Beauty" considers the Beard manly and noble and its abandonment as threatening the downfall of States. He says "they were bearded Romans who conquered the then beardless Greeks; and they were bearded Goths who conquered the then beardless Romans."

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We, however of the Western Empire, may be permitted to remark, that the Military Prowess of England rose in defiance of Asiatic Beards; and that the rival bravery of American Patriots suffered no depreciation, threatening the downfall of States

Washington's punctuality was shown in the sittings he gave me, at 7 o'clock precisely, as the State house clock was striking, he uniformly entered my studio in the Philosophical Hall, in the act of putting his watch into his fob. I have employed this anecdote to enjoin punctuality with my sitters; requiring from them the performance of a duty, which Washington, whose time was of the greatest value, so politely, and conscientiously accorded.