“I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy.”John Adams · Quote Journal
The house is finally quiet. You spent the whole day on the practical things, again. The hour that's left is yours.
It was the middle of a war. A few lines earlier: "The Science of Government it is my Duty to study, more than all other Sciences."
That k in “Politicks” isn’t a typo. It was standard English in 1780.
Write down what you’re building, and for whom.
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“I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy.”John Adams · Quote Journal
The house is finally quiet. You spent the whole day on the practical things, again. The hour that's left is yours.
It was the middle of a war. A few lines earlier: "The Science of Government it is my Duty to study, more than all other Sciences."
That k in “Politicks” isn’t a typo. It was standard English in 1780.
Write down what you’re building, and for whom.
Same line, also on
Where this line came from.
John Adams, Letter to Abigail Adams, from Paris, 1780.
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