John Quincy Adams, Part 3: The Triumph of Reason
An Address delivered at the request of a committee of the citizens of Washington: on the occasion of reading the Declaration of Independence, on the Fourth of July, 1821 Continued from previous post: The corruptions and usurpations of the Church were the immediate objects of these reformers ; but, at the foundation of all their […]
John Quincy Adams, Part Two: The Light of Reason
An Address delivered at the request of a committee of the citizens of Washington: on the occasion of reading the Declaration of Independence, on the Fourth of July, 1821 From the earliest ages of their recorded history, the inhabitants of the British Islands have been distinguished for their intelligence and their spirit. How much of […]
