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In contrast to the generally glowing obits is the piece on the NYT op-ed page by historical biographer Kai Bird, who argues against the Wise Man Theory Washington still clings to.
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us.
The idea is that Crane clings to scientific principle in the face of the supernatural--he dumbfounds the locals by insisting that the killer is human and appalls them by performing an autopsy on a female victim.
But we may concede that British English, vocabulary, pronunciation, and all, is still in competition with American English and even clings to a limited superiority of prestige.
He clings to the maddening inconsistencies in the former president's answers as if they actually meant something.