The Portable John AdamsIn 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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... happiness,” but might he have added that to be happy, one must be free and then possibly made some reference toward slavery, of which he was critical? No doubt southern members of the Congress would have opposed any such reference, but ...
... happiness,” but might he have added that to be happy, one must be free and then possibly made some reference toward slavery, of which he was critical? No doubt southern members of the Congress would have opposed any such reference, but ...
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... happiest!'” Two words commonly used to describe John Adams are “lovable” and “impossible.” His contemporaries, and many scholars today, find in him a rare character, almost transparent in his candidness and forthrightness. He is perhaps ...
... happiest!'” Two words commonly used to describe John Adams are “lovable” and “impossible.” His contemporaries, and many scholars today, find in him a rare character, almost transparent in his candidness and forthrightness. He is perhaps ...
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... happiness,” while Adams himself might have enjoyed a few minutes of fame. But unlike the Virginian Jefferson, Adams hailed from New England and its Calvinist legacy. He was perhaps the first and last Puritan in American politics, one ...
... happiness,” while Adams himself might have enjoyed a few minutes of fame. But unlike the Virginian Jefferson, Adams hailed from New England and its Calvinist legacy. He was perhaps the first and last Puritan in American politics, one ...
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... Smith, the daughter of the prominent Reverend William and Elizabeth Quincy Smith of Weymouth. It was perhaps the happiest and most fulfilling of all the presidential marriages, lasting more than a half century and producing four.
... Smith, the daughter of the prominent Reverend William and Elizabeth Quincy Smith of Weymouth. It was perhaps the happiest and most fulfilling of all the presidential marriages, lasting more than a half century and producing four.
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... happiness for property in the Declaration. In the liberal, Lockean tradition, it was assumed that property arose from man's adding value to natural objects by means of his own labor, and because labor was the essential means of ...
... happiness for property in the Declaration. In the liberal, Lockean tradition, it was assumed that property arose from man's adding value to natural objects by means of his own labor, and because labor was the essential means of ...
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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