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If the day was forty-eight hours, instead of twenty-four, I could employ them all, if I had but eyes and hands to read and write.
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Quincy illustrates his eagerness for knowledge by wishing for more hours in the day to read and write.
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He dismissed from office, without trial, without charge, and without fault, faithful and able men.
Adams remarked: "He has all the contracted prejudices of that political sect; his whole system of government is comprised in the maxim of leaving money in the pockets of the people.
The terms, indeed, in which such a character as Washington has repeatedly expressed himself concerning me, have left me nothing to wish, if they did not alarm me by their very strength.
Adams replied: "I well know this; but labor I shall not refuse so long as my hands, my eyes, and my brain, do not desert me.
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