"Not from the bloody field,
Borne on his battered shield,
By foes o'ercome;—
But from a sterner fight,
In the defence of Right,
Clothed with a conqueror's might,
We hail him home.
"His life in labors spent,
That 'Old man eloquent'
Now rests for aye;—
His dust the tomb may claim;—
His spirit's quenchless flame,
His 'venerable name,'[40]
Pass not away."[41]
FOOTNOTES:
[12] See Social Compact, etc. Providence, 1848, p. 31, et al.
[13] See Address at Washington, 4th of July, 1821. Second Edition, Cambridge, passim.
[14] Reference is made to his speech in the House of Representatives, May 8th and 9th, 1840. (Boston, 1840.) It is a little remarkable, that the false principle of the common law, on which Mr. Adams was commenting, as laid down by Blackstone, is corrected by a writer, M. Pothier, who rests on the civil law for his authority. See pp. 6-8, and 20, 21.
[15] Answer to Paine's Rights of Man (London, 1793), originally published in the Columbian Centinel. The London Edition bears the name of John Adams on the title-page.
[16] Mr. Atherton.
[17] See Oration at Quincy, 1831, p. 12, et seq. (Boston, 1831.)
[18] The Social Compact, etc., etc. (Providence, 1842). p. 24.