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Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 to: Revd. W.B. Sprague

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08324 Author/Creator: Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 03 October 1831 Pagination: Order a Copy

On the occasion of Sprague's new book, engages in emotional reflection on the role of religion, his deceased daughter Louisa, and being a father and grandfather of girls: "But the blessings which I now enjoy a large portion consists in three infant grand daughters who I hope and trust will be brought up in that beginning of Wisdom, the fear of the Lord -and in the paths of Piety and Virtue - To them, your book, if by Will of God they should attain the age of reading it with Understanding will I flatter myself yield Instruction and Delight- nor shall I deny myself the benefit of sharing it. There are doubtless precepts of Religion and Morality appropriate to the tender age and sex, but the mind is of no Sex, and its culture is of every age."

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Sprague, William, 1830-1915

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