The Remarkable Education of John Quincy Adams 9781137474629, 1137474629

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The Remarkable Education of John Quincy Adams
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A legacy more valuable than gold or silver --
A great deal of room for me to grow better --
Some compensation for me not being with my friends at Braintree --
A journal --
Almost at the world's end --
Promise to produce a worthy character --
A son who is the greatest traveller of his age --
And of a sister who fulfills my most sanguine expectations --
To have a degree at Harvard --
Your ever affectionate brother --
Your ever affectionate brother --
Study is my mistress --
While a student in the office of Theophilus Parsons Newburyport --
Exposed to the perils of sentiment --
I am on the bridge between wisdom and folly --
And I, too, am a scribbler --
The times change and we change with them --
The magnitude of the trust and my own incompetency --
The usual mixture between sweet and bitter --
The age of innocence and thoughtlessness --
Prudence is a sorry matchmaker --
Oh my Louisa! --
For the friend of your life --
Wise and in the best interests of the country --
To turn weariness itself into pleasure --
A painful retrospective --
With no small difficulty --
Another feather against a whirlwind --
Like a fish out of water --
Apostasy --
In honorable diplomatic exile.

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