In John Avalon's analysis of George Washington's Farewell Address, he points out that Washington's "greatest frustrated ambition" was the establishment of a national university. Washington saw this as the key to solving the issues of sectionalism and narrow-mindedness: he wanted students from all over the country to study in the capital city, learning alongside each other about government, while also watching it in action.
As Winston Churchill said, "The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see." Standing on First Street in Washington, D.C., as you face the future of the country being decided in the Capitol Building, the records of our past reside in the Library of Congress behind you. Similarly, my two greatest
