Carolina QuotesI hope your Excellency will not think this application results from a lazy habit, or a desire to free myself from business. Far from it. I am never more happy than when I am honorably or usefully employed. If your Excellency thinks I can promote the service as much in this employment as in any other, I shall cheerfully execute the business, without the least murmur.
Nathanael Greene Connected to the Carolinas
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- Letter to George Washington (July 1776)
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- 1776
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