“Adams was in a hurry and ordered his horse drawn carriage to wait for him in front of his house. The horses were spooked before he got in the carriage, and the carriage was destroyed in an accident. Pondering what could have happened to him , Adams retreated to Psalm 20's injunctions against trusting in chariots and horses.”
“Adams was in a hurry and ordered his horse drawn carriage to wait for him in front of his house. The horses were spooked before he got in the carriage, and the carriage was destroyed in an accident. Pondering what could have happened to him , Adams retreated to Psalm 20's injunctions against trusting in chariots and horses.”
Paul C. Nagel
“Since chess was such a painful test of intellect, it affected his emotions too much to be sport.”
Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life“Adams looks forward to teaching his granddaughters about planting trees, noting that they already show inclination toward this and need only be encouraged in the naturalist pursuits he has found so healthy.”
Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life“Adams met with a convention on keeping the Sabbath and found the atmosphere surprisingly similar to that in Congress. Legalistic disputes so abounded that he found it difficult to keep order.”
Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life“The author points out that, with life in provincial Washington difficult for those not of independent means, Adams and his wife undervalued the social connections that others found vital. They often made an impression as distant and prideful.”
Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life“The world shall retire from me before I shall retire from the world. John Quincy Adams”
Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life“The life-changing encounters that John Quincy Adams made as an adolescent on his own in Stockholm began with a friendship he struck up at a bookstore.”
Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life“Amusement and annoyance are, perhaps, both forms of denial.”
Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life“It is the doom of the Christian church to be always distracted with controversy. John Quincy Adams”
Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life“Adams was in a hurry and ordered his horse drawn carriage to wait for him in front of his house. The horses were spooked before he got in the carriage, and the carriage was destroyed in an accident. Pondering what could have happened to him , Adams retreated to Psalm 20's injunctions against trusting in chariots and horses.”
Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life“He had to pause for his usual misgivings.”
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