The ways of Providence being inscrutable, and the justice of it not to be scanned by the shallow eye of humanity, nor to be counteracted by the utmost efforts of human power or wisdom, resignation, and as far as the strength of our reason and religion can
" The ways of Providence being inscrutable, and the justice of it not to be scanned by the shallow eye of humanity, nor to be counteracted by the utmost efforts of human power or wisdom, resignation, and as far as the strength of our reason and religion can carry us, a cheerful acquiescence to the Divine Will, is what we are to aim. "
Letter to Colonel Bassett | Tuesday, April 20, 1773
Editorial Notes
Washington is sending condolences to his brother in law on the death of his eldest daughter, Elizabeth "Betsey" Bassett, just fourteen years old.
