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Accoridng to historian David McCullough, the play Cato was a favorite of George Washington and well known to John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Two famous America
by eej71 5y ago
Accoridng to historian David McCullough, the play Cato was a favorite of George Washington and well known to John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Two famous American quotes likely originate in a slightly different form from the play itself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato,_a_Tragedy#Influence_on_American_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato,_a_Tragedy#Influence_on_A...
- whakim 5y agoCato was the Roman aristocrat that George Washington most heavily admired and styled himself after - and indeed Cato's purported character aligns closely with characteristics that we now consider "presidential" (stoicism; prudence; moral integrity; etc.). Of course, it's through literature that we know all this...