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one wanted to be outside. The British assumed that Wash- ington would stay on his side of the river and wait until it was warm to resume fighting, because that’s what they were going to do. And beyond that, the closest army to him was the Hessians, who already whipped his rag-tag group of farmers in New York City. The Hessians thought they would never have the nerve to cross a frozen river on Christmas with thousands of men, so they partied all night. They drank and they were festive and lazy with their guards. He knows he has to go for it. And he writes down on a piece of paper, before he plans this attack, where he’s outnum- bered, outgunned, and outmanned, he writes “Victory or Death.” And on Christmas Eve at midnight, he starts crossing the frozenDelaware River. And he’s got thousands of men that need to cross before morning. Cannons, horses. It’s snow- ing. It’s raining. The wind is blowing. Everything seems to be working against him. So what does he do?
But he’s not going to stop. He’s got that power in him. The power that comes from resisting all those people telling him
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