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I am going to read an open source book, one that is not particularly interesting, but one that is

hopefully boring enough to get you to sleep.

Tonight's reading comes from The Youth of Washington, told in the form of an autobiography.

The book is written by S. Weir Mitchell and looks at the early life of George Washington.

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The Youth of Washington Diary November 1797

My retirement from official duties as president has enabled me to restore order on my farm

and in some degree to repair the neglected buildings, which are fallen to decay.

The constant coming of guests moved, I fear, more by curiosity than by other reasons,

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