Human Events, January 1st, 2002
John Adams, by David McCullough. Simon & Schuster, 736 pages, $35
ON JULY 4TH, 1826, 50 YEARS TO THE day after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died. From his deathbed, Adams whispered those famous last words: "Thomas Jefferson survives."
Literally speaking, he was mistaken. Jefferson had expired some hours before. In another sense, though, he was right: the Jefferson legacy continued to live and prosper, while Adams's reputation, figuratively speaking, died an ignominious death.
Unlike Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and Jefferson, J...
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