ADAMS, John Quincy Autograph manuscript poem signed ("John Quincy Adams"), as U. S. Congressman, House of Representatives, 21 April 1840. 1 page, 8vo .
ADAMS, John Quincy Autograph manuscript poem signed ("John Quincy Adams"), as U. S. Congressman, House of Representatives, 21 April 1840. 1 page, 8vo . A FINE POETIC MANUSCRIPT BY THE FORMER PRESIDENT WITH CLEAR AUTOBIOGRAPHIC SIGNIFICANCE: "Then, pilgrim, let thy joys and tears, On Time, no longer lean; But all thy future hopes and fears From Earth's affections wean; To God let votive accents rise. For Truth, for Virtue live Thus all the bliss that Time derises Eternity shall give." Too modest to personalize his theme, Adams nevertheless seems to be writing about himself and his courageous battle against slavery. A failed, one-term President, Adams took the unprecedented (and still unique) step of holding the lowest national elected office after serving in the highest. He used his House seat to mount a one-man crusade against the "gag rule" that forbid the debate of abolitionist measures in the Congress. In 1840--with sentiment in the nation and in the Congress decidedly against the abolitionists--Adams must surely have felt determined to stand above "Earth's affections" and serve the higher truth and virtue of human equality.
ADAMS, John Quincy Autograph manuscript poem signed ("John Quincy Adams"), as U. S. Congressman, House of Representatives, 21 April 1840. 1 page, 8vo .
ADAMS, John Quincy Autograph manuscript poem signed ("John Quincy Adams"), as U. S. Congressman, House of Representatives, 21 April 1840. 1 page, 8vo . A FINE POETIC MANUSCRIPT BY THE FORMER PRESIDENT WITH CLEAR AUTOBIOGRAPHIC SIGNIFICANCE: "Then, pilgrim, let thy joys and tears, On Time, no longer lean; But all thy future hopes and fears From Earth's affections wean; To God let votive accents rise. For Truth, for Virtue live Thus all the bliss that Time derises Eternity shall give." Too modest to personalize his theme, Adams nevertheless seems to be writing about himself and his courageous battle against slavery. A failed, one-term President, Adams took the unprecedented (and still unique) step of holding the lowest national elected office after serving in the highest. He used his House seat to mount a one-man crusade against the "gag rule" that forbid the debate of abolitionist measures in the Congress. In 1840--with sentiment in the nation and in the Congress decidedly against the abolitionists--Adams must surely have felt determined to stand above "Earth's affections" and serve the higher truth and virtue of human equality.
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