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- Letters of John Quincy Adams, to his son, on the Bible and its teachings, 1848 · p. 119
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- Internet Archive (scan of the 1848 first edition, Auburn, N.Y.: Derby, Miller & Co.)
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- Letters of John Quincy Adams, to his son, on the Bible and its teachings, 1848 · pp. 11-12 (Letter I)
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- Internet Archive (scan of the 1848 first edition, Auburn, N.Y.: Derby, Miller & Co.)
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- Memoirs of John Quincy Adams, comprising portions of his diary from 1795 to 1848, vol. IV, 1875 · p. 531 (diary entry of Feb. 24, 1820)
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- Internet Archive (scan of the Lippincott first edition, Philadelphia, 1875; edited by Charles Francis Adams)
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- First Annual Message, December 6, 1825
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- The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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- Inaugural Address, March 4, 1825
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- The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
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- Message for American Education Week, September 27, 1938
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- The American Presidency Project (text follows the Public Papers of the Presidents)