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Thursday, July 28, 2011
John Adams on Patriotism
I ran into this while looking for information on the Browning 1903 Pocket Pistol, and decided to verify that the quote is accurate. It is. From Old Family Lettersby John Adams:
Our obligations to our Country never cease but with our Lives.
Some things, unfortunately, never change. In the same letter:
An Aristocracy of Wealth, without any Check but a Democracy of Licentiousness is our Curse.
Why use "http://books.google.com/books?id=84oTAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA182&dq=%22Our+obligations+to+our+country+never+cease+but+with+our+lives.%22&hl=en&ei=J9gxTsDUAcbfiAK24426CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Our%20obligations%20to%20our%20country%20never%20cease%20but%20with%20our%20lives.%22&f=false" which is 322 characters, when "http://books.google.com/books?id=84oTAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA182" works just as well and is only 54 characters
Talking about John Adams above the ad for Obama 2012 I saw below it made my head swim.
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna noodge you again about this:
ReplyDeleteWhy use "http://books.google.com/books?id=84oTAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA182&dq=%22Our+obligations+to+our+country+never+cease+but+with+our+lives.%22&hl=en&ei=J9gxTsDUAcbfiAK24426CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Our%20obligations%20to%20our%20country%20never%20cease%20but%20with%20our%20lives.%22&f=false" which is 322 characters, when "http://books.google.com/books?id=84oTAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA182" works just as well and is only 54 characters
Cause I'm lazy!
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