“Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity!”
“When John Quincy Adams in the Netherlands was placed with elementary students and belittled because he did not speak Dutch, either the author or John Adams accuses school authorities of "littleness of soul".”
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“Ambition distorts even memory itself. John Quincy Adams”
Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life“John Quincy Adams strove to escape commonplace thoughts.”
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“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“Most ardent reformers are accompanied by but equal portion of dullness . John Quincy Adams”
Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life“I carry too much of the week into the Sabbath , and too little of the Sabbath into the week. John Quincy Adams”
Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life“Our religion was the religion of a Book. Man must be educated on Earth for Heaven. John Quincy Adams”
Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life“The aging Adams delightedly describes being surrounded by books on so many different subjects that interested him as "baits on fishhooks".”
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