During the Revolutionary War, the American army was crossing a river on horseback.  A man was standing close to the crossing, watching the soldiers cross.  When General Washington was about to cross, the man approached him and asked him for a ride across the river.  Washington agreed, and the man mounted the horse behind Washington.  Half way across the river, Washington asked the man why he waited for him and why he asked him and not the other soldiers.  The…..

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