. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . ABIGAIL John Adams at the age of 22. quoted Roger, who knew his Moral Essays. IN THE HOME OF TWO PRESIDENTS. A DIXXER PARTY IX JOHX QUIXCY ADAMSS DAY. But there you re out, Roger, my boy, cried Jack. Washingtonand Lincoln were not common minds. Oh, well! the exception proves the rule, was Rogers comment. I think Roger has the best of the argument, after all, laughed UncleTom; especially when we remember that Washington founded a universityand that Lincoln was forever studying. And,
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . ABIGAIL John Adams at the age of 22. quoted Roger, who knew his Moral Essays. IN THE HOME OF TWO PRESIDENTS. A DIXXER PARTY IX JOHX QUIXCY ADAMSS DAY. But there you re out, Roger, my boy, cried Jack. Washingtonand Lincoln were not common minds. Oh, well! the exception proves the rule, was Rogers comment. I think Roger has the best of the argument, after all, laughed UncleTom; especially when we remember that Washington founded a universityand that Lincoln was forever studying. And, speaking of Lincoln, do youknow that his greatest act was based upon a doctrine first propounded byJohn Quincy Adams — the man who was born in that old farmhouseyonder? His greatest act! W7hat do you mean, Uncle Tom? queried Emancipation Proclamation? Thats it, his uncle replied. It was upon a declaration made inCongress by John Quincy Adams in 1836 that Abraham Lincoln restedhis great proclamation. What was it ? asked Marian. It was in the course of a speech that Adams pronounced this opinion : From the instant that your slave-holding States become the theater of war,— 26 THE CENTURY BOOK OF FAMOUS A
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