It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war. - Charles Francis Adams Sr.

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It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war.

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About Charles Francis Adams Sr.

Charles Francis Adams (18 August 1807 – 21 November 1886) was an American lawyer, politician, diplomat and writer; the son of President John Quincy Adams and Louisa Catherine Johnson and the grandson of President John Adams and Abigail Adams.

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Native Name: Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
Alternative Names: Charles Francis Adams • C. F. Adams • Charles F. Adams • Charles Adams
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More than all, and above all, Washington was master of himself. If there be one quality more than another in his character which may exercise a useful control over the men of the present hour, it is the total disregard of self when in the most elevated positions for influence and example.
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