The lives and graves of our presidents . s. All in all, he was one of Americas grandest products,honored at last in all the world as one of its greatest and bestmen. On the twentieth of November, 1846, he was strickenwith paralysis at his sons house in Boston. This confined himfor several weeks. But at the opening of Congress he returnedto his post, and was prompt and active as he had always been,15 226 OUR PRESIDENTS. until the twenty-first of February, 1848, at half-past one oclockin the afternoon, he was stricken again. He was caught andheld from falling by members near him. He was unconsci
The lives and graves of our presidents . s. All in all, he was one of Americas grandest products,honored at last in all the world as one of its greatest and bestmen. On the twentieth of November, 1846, he was strickenwith paralysis at his sons house in Boston. This confined himfor several weeks. But at the opening of Congress he returnedto his post, and was prompt and active as he had always been,15 226 OUR PRESIDENTS. until the twenty-first of February, 1848, at half-past one oclockin the afternoon, he was stricken again. He was caught andheld from falling by members near him. He was unconscious,till three oclock, when consciousness returned and he said,faintly: This is the end of earth, i am content. These werehis last words. He lived until seven oclock in the evening ofthe twenty-third, when the spirit of John Quincy Adams leftthe scenes of earth for those in the immortal realm of its father,in the eighty-first year of its age. Thus closed a life which willever be worthy of the profoundest study and emulation of JOHN QUINC5T ADAMS. 227 £he Urave of Uohn ©uincy JIdams. In the crypt in that portion of Braintree, Massachusetts,now known as Quincy, with the immortal remains of JohnAdams, his father, rest the forms of John Quincy Adams andhis wife, Louisa Catharine. The tomb is surmounted by a bust,beneath which are the words, Alteri Sceculo, divided by anacorn and two oak leaves. Over the tablet is Thy KingdomCome. As on the tablet of John Adams, the first column isdevoted to the president and the other to his wife. Theinscription reads as follows : Near this place reposes all that could die of Son of John and Abigail (Smith) Adams,Sixth President of the United States. Born 11 of July, 1767, Amidst the Storms of Civil Commotion,He Nursed the Vigor which Inspires a ChristianFor more than half a Century. Whenever His Country Called for His Labors, In either Hemisphere or in any Capacity, He Never Spared them in Her Cause. On the Twenty-fourth of December,
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