The Portable John AdamsPenguin, 2004 M06 29 - 576 pages In addition to being an uncompromising defender of liberty, esteemed diplomat, and successor to George Washington, John Adams was a passionate and prolific writer. Adams biographer John Patrick Diggins gathers an impressive variety of his works in this compact, original volume, including parts of his diary and autobiography, and selections from his rich correspondence with this wife, Abigail, Thomas Jefferson, and others. The Portable John Adams also features his most important political works: “A Dissertation on Canon and Feudal Law,” “Thoughts on Government,” “A Defense of Constitutions,” “Novanglus,” and “Discources in Davila.” There is no finer introduction to the protean genius of this seminal American philosopher. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
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... character, almost transparent in his candidness and forthrightness. He is perhaps the one president who cannot be called a politician with a cunning for politics, once defined by Abraham Lincoln as “this incessant human wriggle and ...
... character, almost transparent in his candidness and forthrightness. He is perhaps the one president who cannot be called a politician with a cunning for politics, once defined by Abraham Lincoln as “this incessant human wriggle and ...
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... character and moral qualities of the American people. Facing England, the greatest military power in the world, America had the opportunity to prove itself on the field of battle in nothing less than a test of virtue. The Revolution ...
... character and moral qualities of the American people. Facing England, the greatest military power in the world, America had the opportunity to prove itself on the field of battle in nothing less than a test of virtue. The Revolution ...
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... character of people upon whom a republican government depends. After the Revolution the “day of the debtor” did take place in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and elsewhere, and Shay's Rebellion suggested the stirring of class warfare as ...
... character of people upon whom a republican government depends. After the Revolution the “day of the debtor” did take place in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and elsewhere, and Shay's Rebellion suggested the stirring of class warfare as ...
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... to keep “the idle from usurping the industrious” and bringing about a state of debauchery and anarchy. “Indolence is the natural character of man, to such a degree that nothing but the necessities of hunger, thirst, and.
... to keep “the idle from usurping the industrious” and bringing about a state of debauchery and anarchy. “Indolence is the natural character of man, to such a degree that nothing but the necessities of hunger, thirst, and.
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... a healthy motive of human action. The pursuit of wealth, rather than corrupting character, emancipated man from natural scarcity and thereby enlarged the possibility of human freedom. In the Defence Adams followed the Scots but went beyond.
... a healthy motive of human action. The pursuit of wealth, rather than corrupting character, emancipated man from natural scarcity and thereby enlarged the possibility of human freedom. In the Defence Adams followed the Scots but went beyond.
Contents
DIARY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY | |
CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN AND ABIGAIL ADAMS Chapter 3 EARLIEST WRITINGS | |
A DISSERTATION ON CANON AND FEUDAL LAW Chapter 5 THOUGHTS ON GOVERNMENT Chapter 6NOVANGLUS Chapter 7 A DEFEN... | |
DISCOURSES ON DAVILA Chapter 9 CORRESPONDENCE WITH ROGER SHERMAN AND JOHN TAYLOR | |
CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN AND ABIGAIL ADAMS WITH THOMAS JEFFERSON | |
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