Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . the society is similar to that which ledthe Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge to publish the Gallery ofPortraits. Only the truly illustrious find a place in the publication issued bythe Societe Montyon et Franklin. By the side of princes and prelates, andpersons of rank, are found men of obscure condition, whose virtues ha
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . the society is similar to that which ledthe Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge to publish the Gallery ofPortraits. Only the truly illustrious find a place in the publication issued bythe Societe Montyon et Franklin. By the side of princes and prelates, andpersons of rank, are found men of obscure condition, whose virtues have raisedthem to equal eminence. There is every reason to believe that the labors ofthe society are attended with unmixed good. The portraits of men who havebenefited mankind are distributed far and wide in the cottage of the peasant,and in the dwelling of the artisan, and generally among all classes. A rer-erence is thus excited for that which is excellent in the human mind, and insome this may rise to an enthusiasm which will give a higher tone to the wholetenor of their existence. By fixing the attention upon a superior standard ofcharacter, an insensible approximation will be made by some toward what hasjustly excited their admiration. 334 JOHN JOHN ADAMS. JOHN ADAMS was born at Braintree (now Quincy), in Massachusetts, Octobei30, 1735, and was a direct lineal descendant, in the fourth generation, fromHenry Adams, who fled from the persecutions in England during the reign ofCharles I. Archbishop Laud, the spiritual adviser of that king, influenced nodoubt by the Roman catholic queen, Henrietta Maria of France, took especialpains to enforce the strictest observance of the liturgy of the established churchof England in the church of Scotland, and also in the puritan churches : thoseindividuals and congregations who would not conform to these requirementswere severely dealt with, and these persecutions drove a great many to thewestern world, where they might worship Go
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