Potomac Squire Author:Elswyth Thane Washington's boyhood copy-book, which ends before he was sixteen, contains the much quoted Rules of Behaviour, carefully set down as an exercise in ornamental penmanship. he cannot be credited with inventing this primer for good manners, as it can be traced back through various versions for two generations before him, but it was certainly the f... more »oundation of a lifelong habit of courtesy and self-control which was outstanding even in the formal society of the eighteenth century. Almost the last entry in the book is a verse called true Happiness, its authorship also unknown, which is equally prophetic of his future character.« less