The founding father of founding fathers
by David McCullough
Review by Brian Wright
2001, Simon and Schuster, 656 pages
“But all the provisions that He [God] has made
for the gratification of our senses… are much inferior to the provision, the wonderful provision that he has made for the gratification of our nobler powers of intelligence and reason. He has given us reason to find out the truth, and the
real design and true end of our existence.”
— diary of John Adams ca. 1756 Continue reading