John Quincy Adams. 1767-1848.
Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity![458:3]
Speech at Plymouth, Dec. 22, 1802.
In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill-will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage their fellow-men, not knowing what they do.[458:4]
Letter to A. Bronson. July 30, 1838.
[459]
This hand, to tyrants ever sworn the foe,
For Freedom only deals the deadly blow;
Then sheathes in calm repose the vengeful blade,
For gentle peace in Freedom's hallowed shade.[459:1]
Written in an Album, 1842.
This is the last of earth! I am content.
His Last Words, Feb. 21, 1848.
Footnotes
[458:3] Et majores vestros et posteros cogitate.—Tacitus: Agricola, c. 32. 31.
[458:4] With malice towards none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right.—Abraham Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address.
[459:1] See Sidney, page 264.