"Without wishing to damp the ardor of curiosity or influence the
freedom of inquiry, I will hazard a prediction that, after the
most industrious and impartial researchers, the longest liver
of you all will find no principles, institutions or systems of
education more fit in general to be transmitted to your posterity
than those you have received from your ancestors."

-- John Adams (letter to the young men of the Philadelphia,
7 May 1798)

Yes -  Bush and John McNachronism would do well to refer back to George
Washington's warnings about foreign involvements.


"D. Spencer Hines"  wrote in message
news:ZiLhk.359$AB3.1331@eagle.america.net...
> "Without wishing to damp the ardor of curiosity or influence the
> freedom of inquiry, I will hazard a prediction that, after the
> most industrious and impartial researchers, the longest liver
> of you all will find no principles, institutions or systems of
> education more fit in general to be transmitted to your posterity
> than those you have received from your ancestors."


>
> -- John Adams (letter to the young men of the Philadelphia,
> 7 May 1798)
>
>
>

D. Spencer Hines wrote:
> "Without wishing to damp the ardor of curiosity or influence the
> freedom of inquiry, I will hazard a prediction that, after the
> most industrious and impartial researchers, the longest liver
> of you all will find no principles, institutions or systems of
> education more fit in general to be transmitted to your posterity
> than those you have received from your ancestors."
> 
> -- John Adams (letter to the young men of the Philadelphia,
> 7 May 1798)
>  
> 
> 
Would that you listened to such things, Hinesy..........

"Larry Swain"  wrote in message 
news:OtCdnQ36uOOvkRXVnZ2dnUVZ_oLinZ2d@comcast.com...
> D. Spencer Hines wrote:
>> "Without wishing to damp the ardor of curiosity or influence the
>> freedom of inquiry, I will hazard a prediction that, after the
>> most industrious and impartial researchers, the longest liver
>> of you all will find no principles, institutions or systems of
>> education more fit in general to be transmitted to your posterity
>> than those you have received from your ancestors."
>>
>> -- John Adams (letter to the young men of the Philadelphia,
>> 7 May 1798)
>>
> Would that you listened to such things, Hinesy..........

Such a convoluted sentence reminds me of trying to understand the writings 
of Cotton Mather in some stupid Early American Literature class, which I 
quit because his writings were incomprehensible.  And he, himself, was a 
despicable person.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_Mather

John Adams was much more principled, but he retained the obfuscator style of 
the endless sentence, which somewhere within which, was some truth, which 
was left up to the reader to decipher.   I do crossword puzzles myself.

> Such a convoluted sentence reminds me of trying to understand the writings 
> of Cotton Mather in some stupid Early American Literature class, which I 
> quit because his writings were incomprehensible.  And he, himself, was a 
> despicable person.

zzzzzzzzzzzz
------------------------------------

All of which reflects far more on zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz's reading ability than it 
does on Cotton Mather.
-- 
DSH
Lux et Veritas et Libertas
Vires et Honor

"Billzz"  wrote in message 
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>> D. Spencer Hines wrote:

>>> "Without wishing to damp the ardor of curiosity or influence the
>>> freedom of inquiry, I will hazard a prediction that, after the
>>> most industrious and impartial researchers, the longest liver
>>> of you all will find no principles, institutions or systems of
>>> education more fit in general to be transmitted to your posterity
>>> than those you have received from your ancestors."
>>>
>>> -- John Adams (letter to the young men of the Philadelphia,
>>> 7 May 1798)
>
> Such a convoluted sentence reminds me of trying to understand the writings 
> of Cotton Mather in some stupid Early American Literature class, which I 
> quit because his writings were incomprehensible.  And he, himself, was a 
> despicable person.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_Mather
>
> John Adams was much more principled, but he retained the obfuscator style 
> of the endless sentence, which somewhere within which, was some truth, 
> which was left up to the reader to decipher.   I do crossword puzzles 
> myself.

"Billzz"  wrote in message 
news:92f30$48880f25$9440b19b$11081@STARBAND.NET...
> "Larry Swain"  wrote in message 
> news:OtCdnQ36uOOvkRXVnZ2dnUVZ_oLinZ2d@comcast.com...
>> D. Spencer Hines wrote:
>>> "Without wishing to damp the ardor of curiosity or influence the
>>> freedom of inquiry, I will hazard a prediction that, after the
>>> most industrious and impartial researchers, the longest liver
>>> of you all will find no principles, institutions or systems of
>>> education more fit in general to be transmitted to your posterity
>>> than those you have received from your ancestors."
>>>
>>> -- John Adams (letter to the young men of the Philadelphia,
>>> 7 May 1798)
>>>
>> Would that you listened to such things, Hinesy..........
>
> Such a convoluted sentence reminds me of trying to understand the writings 
> of Cotton Mather in some stupid Early American Literature class, which I 
> quit because his writings were incomprehensible.  And he, himself, was a 
> despicable person.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_Mather
>
> John Adams was much more principled, but he retained the obfuscator style 
> of the endless sentence, which somewhere within which, was some truth, 
> which was left up to the reader to decipher.   I do crossword puzzles 
> myself.
>

I have always been a fan of anacrostics. It's hard to find them anywhere 
anymore. Sudoku has taken over the world. Apart from that, I enjoy reading 
the clear, precise and witty offerings of Mr. James Hogg.

- nilita