Footnotes
[458:2] A remark made to an elderly gentleman who was sailing with Jackson down Chesapeake Bay in an old steamboat, and who exhibited a little fear.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 1767-1848.
Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity![458:3]
Speech at Plymouth, Dec. 22, 1802.
In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill-will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage their fellow-men, not knowing what they do.[458:4]
Letter to A. Bronson. July 30, 1838.
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This hand, to tyrants ever sworn the foe,
For Freedom only deals the deadly blow;
Then sheathes in calm repose the vengeful blade,
For gentle peace in Freedom's hallowed shade.[459:1]
Written in an Album, 1842.
This is the last of earth! I am content.
His Last Words, Feb. 21, 1848.