Wait, havechosentoseeGeorgeWashingtonthroughthelensof a mythicperson, andwe'vedonethatbecausehewasourfirstpresident.
Butforhistorianswhoknowhislife, weknowthathewas a manlikeanybodyelse, a manwithdoubt, a manwhowasuncertainthatthisnationwouldeverreallyformandwork a manwhodidnotknowifhewasreallyreadytobepresidentoftheUnitedStates.
Whenheisassumingthepresidency, he's saying, I don't knowif I coulddothis.
I don't knowif I coulddothis.
Thiswas a tinycountryand a fledglingcountry, andnobodyknewthatthiswasgonnawork.