We cannot find the smallest part of the personal weight of Washington in the narrative of his exploits. The largest part of his power was latent. This is that which we call Character, -- a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means. What others effect by talent or by eloquence, this man accomplishes by some magnetism. "Half his strength he put not forth." His victories are by demonstration of superiority, and not by crossing of bayonets. He conquers, because his arrival alters the face of affairs. R. W. Emerson, Character from Essays: Second Series (1844) While...