 Dr. Benjamin Rush was among the few who met with Washington on that day of the actual attack. And during their meeting, Dr. Rush got a glimpse of a sheet of paper with the words written, victory or death. This was the password for the mission, but it was also a perfect description of what was at stake. One more defeat and the cause would truly be over. I sometimes wonder what was going through Washington's mind in the hours before the attack on Trenton.