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I just want to say from the bottom of me heart, I'd like to take this chance to How to Take Over the World. This is Ben Wilson. This is episode one on the life of George Washington, the great American general and statesman, and the first president of the United States of America. George Washington is really one of the great leaders of all time. He was able to lead the U.S. through a revolutionary war against the most powerful empire on

earth and come out victorious.

And he came out universally beloved.

That's one of the things I think is so interesting about George Washington is in his own

lifetime and afterwards, there was this ecstatic outpouring of almost a worshipful devotion towards him.

People just loved George Washington so much.

He was like more myth than man.

In fact, if you go to the capital of the United States, which is called Washington,

and you go to the Capitol building and look at the interior of the rotunda,

you will see a fresco called the apotheosis of Washington,

and it depicts George Washington sitting as a god in judgment of America.

And that's interesting to me.

What kind of person inspires that kind of devotion that verges on worship?

What did he do?

How did he do it?

That's what I want to explore on this episode. This episode

will focus on his life from his birth up until the eve of the American Revolution.

My sources are Washington Alife by Ron Chernow and George Washington, The Forge of Experience by

James Thomas Flexner. And you can find links for both of those in the show notes. So with all

that said, let's get into it.

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