"Let's face it, 'first in war, first in peace, and seventh in the hearts of his countrymen,' doesn't sound very impressive," said Ted Widmer, a professor of history at Washington College.

“让我们面对现实。他是战争中的第一人，和平中的第一人，美国同胞心目中的第七人'，这听起来并不怎么样。”华盛顿学院历史学教授特德·威德默说。

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Ted Widmer, director of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University and a former speechwriter for the Clinton White House, edited the two volumes.

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