As Senator, and as a member of the House of Representatives, the obscure committee-room was as much the witness of his laborious application to the drudgery of legislation, as the halls of the two Houses were to the ever ready speech, replete with knowlede, which instructed all hearers, englightened all subjects, and gave dignity and ornament to debate. In the observance of all the proprieties of life, Mr. Adams was a most noble and impressive example. He cultivated the minor as well as the greater virtues. Wherever his presence could give aid and countenance to what was useful and honorable to man, there he was. At that post, in the fullness of age, in the ripeness of renown, crowned with honors, surrounded by his family, his friends, and admirers, and in the very presence of the national representation, he has been gathered to his fathers, leaving behind him the memory of public services which are the history of his country for half a century, and the example of a life, public and private, which should be the study and the model of the generations of his countrymen.
Man wants but little here below.
Tis not with ME exactly so, But 'tis so in the song. Four courses scarcely can provide My appetite to quell, With four choice cooks from France, beside, To dress my dinner well. And diamond rings my hands to grace, And rubies for my neck. I want, when summer's foliage falls, And autumn strips the trees, A house within the city's walls, For comfort and for ease.