Good speech and a good read.
1 posted on
04/09/2005 1:01:09 PM PDT by
leadpenny
To: leadpenny
Wow! That was beautiful. Thanks for posting it.
2 posted on
04/09/2005 1:26:13 PM PDT by
Yardstick
To: leadpenny
3 posted on
04/09/2005 1:31:17 PM PDT by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Tolik
4 posted on
04/09/2005 1:33:37 PM PDT by
Yardstick
To: leadpenny
5 posted on
04/09/2005 1:52:42 PM PDT by
D-fendr
To: leadpenny
If you are conscious to yourself that you possess more knowledge upon some subjects than others of your standing, reflect that you have had greater opportunities of seeing the world and obtaining knowledge of mankind than any of your contemporaries. That you have never wanted a book, but it has been supplied to you. That your whole time has been spent in the company of men of literature and science. How unpardonable would it have been in you to have turned out a blockhead. - Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams
Boston's leading politicians in those days were far from blockheads. Today's have had far more opportunities to learn, but lead only in being unpardonable blockheads.
To: leadpenny
A very wise speech. Thanks for the post. Question for a history exam on Massachusetts: Compare and contrast the Adams family with the Kennedy family.
To: leadpenny
Thanks for the post. A very worthwhile read.
Mrs. Adams' correspondence with her son, John Quincy, was especially enlightening.
8 posted on
04/09/2005 8:57:17 PM PDT by
okie01
(A slavering moron and proud member of the lynch mob, cleaning the Augean stables of MSM since 1998.)
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