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Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848, son of AA and JA, designated as JQA in The Adams Papers):

Education

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reading in Blackstone18

modern languages16

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preparation for legal career12

attendance at courts11

and French language9

at University of Leyden9

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independent study8

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copying of legal instruments7

indifferent success in the pursuit of studies in St. Petersburg7

hears and comments on House of Commons debates6

in Coke6

in Le Coeur's school6

JA's comments on6

program of studies charted by JA6

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tutored by John Thaxter6

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and the Latin School on the Singel, Amsterdam5

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in Pechigny's school, Passy5

conditions of study4

schooling4

slackened application to studies4

studies and translates Horace4

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studies and translates Tacitus4

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attendance at House of Representatives3

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English translations from Latin3

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in Hawkins3

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in Sullivan3

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in Wood3

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reading in Bacon3

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reading in Foster3

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reading of Vattel3

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role of Parsons in3

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studied with JA3

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study of the Dutch language3

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translates Suetonius, Virgil, and Tacitus into French3

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tutoring3

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urged to study classics and algebra3

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adjured by AA to study Dutch history2

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attends Mass. Supreme Judicial Court session2

classical studies2

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in Gilbert2

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loss of classical studies at Leyden regretted2

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problem of finding a school for2

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pursues studies with ardor2

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schoolmates in France2

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studies Dutch, Latin, and Greek2

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studies German2

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studies Greek New Testament2

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studies Phaedrus2

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study of German language2

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translates Cleanthes' “Hymn to Zeus”2

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translates Virgil's Aeneid 2

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attends Courts of Justice (Chancery) session1

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becomes amanuensis for Francis Dana1

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capacity for emulation best served at Leyden or Harvard1

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converses in foreign languages with Richard Cranch1

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cost of schooling1

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Dumas as tutor to1

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effect of European travel on support for republicanism1

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“If there is no other Way, I will take you home, and teach you Demosthenes and Homer myself”1

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in Justinian1

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interprets for American pilot directing French ship1

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in Wright1

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JA: “John has Genius”1

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JA: “You must acquire the Art of mixing Study with Business”1

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JA on writing style of1

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JA recommends “a Book of Amusement” of moral philosophy1

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JA regrets delay in college entry occasioned by European residence1

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JA teaches mathematics to1

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linguistic and orthographic equipment at fourteen1

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listens to debates in Mass. House of Representatives and Supreme Judicial Court1

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list of JA's law books made1

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on battle of Bunker Hill and death of Warren1

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pattern of1

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plan to place him in Governor Dummer Academy1

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reading of Robertson, Charles V 1

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requirements for success in1

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speaks French with CA1

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“Study. . . is to be my only mistress”1

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Thaxter tutors1

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translates Latin at Auteuil1

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translates Suetonius' Caligula and other Lives of the Twelve Caesars 1

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translates Virgil into English1

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tutored by Jonathan Mason1

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urged by AA to study “men and manners”1

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wants a blank book in which to “transcribe the most remarkable occurances”1

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