"Do Justice, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly"
John Adams
John Adam's pride in his family revealed through a letter he wrote; this particular excerpt is found in the book John Adams by David McCullough.
"My father was an honest man, a lover of his country, and an independent spirit and the example of that father inspired me with the greatest pride of my life.... My father, grandfather, great grandfather, and great, great, grandfather were all inhabitants of Braintree and all independent country gentlemen. I mean officers in the militia and deacons in the church.... The line I have just described makes about 160 years in which no bankruptcy was ever committed, no widow or orphan was ever defrauded, no redemptor intervened and no debt was contracted with England."
Oh that my children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren etc. would be able to say these things about Tyler and our sons. Well, maybe except for the inhabiting Braintree, MA part.
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