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Him, too, we see best, standing at the door of his birthplace, a small cottage a stone's throw from the other cottage, separated only by a turnstile. Fresh white curtains hang in the small paned windows; the grass is neatly trimmed, and like its quaint companion it is now open to the public and worth the tourist's call. HIM TOO WE SEE BEST STANDING AT THE DOOR OF HIS BIRTHPLACE A SMALL COTTAGE A STONE'S THROW FROM THE OTHER COTTAGE SEPARATED ONLY BY A TURNSTILE FRESH WHITE CURTAINS HANG IN THE SMALL PANELLED WINDOWS THE GRASS IS NEATLY TRIMMED AND LIKE ITS QUAINT COMPANION IT IS NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND WORTH THE TOURIST'S CALL
oat, white ruffles, and white curls. He stands before us as the undisputed founder of what is now recognized as American diplomacy. Straightforward, sound to the core, unswerving, veracious, exemplifying in every act the candor of the Puritan, so congruous with the new simple life of a nation of common people. I think we shall like best to study him as he stands at the door of the little house in which he was born, and which, with its pitch roof, its antique door and eaves, is still preserved, close to the street, for public scrutiny. Next to President John Adams comes his son, John Quincy Adams, also a President of the United States. Spending much of his time abroad, the experience of those diplomatic years is graven upon features more subtly refined than those of his sire. But for all his foreign residence, he was, like his father, a Puritan in its most exalted sense; like him toiled all his life in public service, dying in the harness when rising to address the Speaker of the House. E BUT NOT HARSH VELVET COAT WHITE RUFFLES AND WHITE CURLS HE STANDS BEFORE US AS THE UNDISPUTED FOUNDER OF WHAT IS NOW RECOGNIZED AS AMERICAN DIPLOMACY STRAIGHTFORWARD SOUND TO THE CORE UNSWERVING VORACIOUS EXEMPLIFYING IN EVERY ACT THE CANDOR OF THE PURITAN SO CONGRUOUS WITH THE NEW SIMPLE LIFE OF A NATION OF COMMON PEOPLE I THINK WE SHALL LIKE BEST TO STUDY HIM AS HE STANDS AT THE DOOR OF THE LITTLE HOUSE IN WHICH HE WAS BORN AND WHICH WITH ITS PITCH ROOF ITS ANTIQUE DOOR AND EAVES IS STILL PRESERVED CLOSE TO THE STREET FOR PUBLIC SCRUTINY NEXT TO PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS COMES HIS SON JOHN QUINCY ADAMS ALSO A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SPENDING MUCH OF HIS TIME ABROAD THE EXPERIENCE OF THOSE DIPLOMATIC YEARS IS GRAVEN UPON FEATURES MORE SUBTLE AND REFINED THAN THOSE OF HIS SIRE BUT FOR ALL HIS FOREIGN RESIDENTS HE WAS LIKE HIS FATHER A PURITAN IN ITS MOST EXALTED SENSE LIKE HIM TOILED ALL HIS LIFE IN PUBLIC SERVICE DYING IN THE HARNESS WHEN RISING TO ADDRESS THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
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