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" I must study politics and war, that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to... "
Joint Hearing on the National Endowment for the Arts: Joint Hearing Before ... - Page 59
by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations - 1997 - 451 pages
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Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife, Volume 2

John Adams - United States - 1841 - 314 pages
...study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural...children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry and porcelain. Adieu. LETTER CLXXIX. MY DEAR PORTIA, YESTERDAY we...
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Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife, Volume 2

John Adams - United States - 1841 - 416 pages
...administration and negotiation, ought to take place of, indeed to exclude, in a manner, all other arts. I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture,...
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Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife, Volume 2

John Adams - United States - 1841 - 304 pages
...and negotiation, ought to take place of, indeed to exclude, in a manner, all other arts. I must uludy politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ou«ht to utiidy mathematics and philosophy, geography, miliiml history iind naval architecture,...
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The Ladies' Repository, Volumes 39-40

Universalism - 1868 - 1048 pages
...legislation, and administration, and negotiation, ought to take the place of, and exclude all other arts. I must study politics and war, that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce,...
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Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams, During the ...

John Adams, Charles Francis Adams - Presidents - 1875 - 474 pages
...administration and negotiation ought to take place of, indeed to exclude, in a manner, all other arts. I must study politics and war, that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture,...
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Poetry, Volume 18

Harriet Monroe - American poetry - 1921 - 376 pages
...the seat of Washington, when he wrote to his wife in 1780: I must study politics and war, that ray sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy,...natural history and naval architecture, navigation and commerce and agriculture; in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music,...
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Our Philadelphia

Elizabeth Robins Pennell - Lithography, American - 1914 - 592 pages
...politics and war, that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural...children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain." John Adams and his contemporaries may not have had...
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Our Philadelphia

Elizabeth Robins Pennell - Lithography, American - 1914 - 572 pages
...administration and negotiation ought to take place of, indeed to exclude, in a manner, all other arts. I must study politics and war, that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture,...
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Poetry, Volume 18

Harriet Monroe - American poetry - 1921 - 428 pages
...forty-five, and still seventeen years from the seat of Washington, when he wrote to his wife in 1780: I must study politics and war, that my sons may have...natural history and naval architecture, navigation and commerce and agriculture; in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music,...
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Social Progress: Studies in the Dynamics of Change

Ulysses Grant Weatherly - Civilization - 1926 - 416 pages
...Revolution John Adams wrote thus to his wife : " I must study politics and war that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy, geography,...navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their sons a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain." 2...
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