Paul C. Nagel

“Quite possibly, this depressive illness was the familiar sort that grew from perfectionist expectations.”

“Foolish defiance was his lifelong response to being ill.”

“I carry too much of the week into the Sabbath , and too little of the Sabbath into the week. John Quincy Adams”

“No sermon I have heard or read touched my heart with half the force of this puppet show. John Quincy Adams”

“He must become an apprentice to ordinary life.”

“Our religion was the religion of a Book. Man must be educated on Earth for Heaven. John Quincy Adams”

“The two grappled in the quiet of old-fashioned personal diplomacy.”

“The president notices that when he takes off his coat to dig, people take more notice of the visual than they did his preceding remarks.”

“Shakespeare's work had a liberating influence.”

“The author points out that the moral failure of Abigail Adams' brother focused her on disciplining her children, and herself, so that they did not come to the same end.”

“Ambition distorts even memory itself. John Quincy Adams”

“Rather than pound or a national mind that he believed had been closed by his critics, John Quincy Adams decided to seek a place in the is the esteem of future generations.”

“Abigail Adams is willing to risk her son's exposure to danger in Europe so that he can be at his fathers side, at an age where he can "most benefit from his father's example and precepts.”

“John Quincy Adams' depression was treated by his aunt with some reliable remedies, first sleep and then compassion. She said, " He was half cared for by having someone to care for him.”

“John Quincy Adams strove to escape commonplace thoughts.”