John Quincy Adams: First Annual Message to Congress

Glossary

• Author of Our existence God
• career pursuit
• common stock humanity in general
• fain preferably
• mechanic and … elegant arts art with a practical purpose as well as art created merely for enjoyment
• name of the ship the Columbia Redidiva, of which Robert Gray (1755–1806) was captain
• palsied paralyzed
• River of the West the Columbia River, which flows through present-day British Columbia and Washington State
• the sciences, ornamental and profound purely speculative or theoretical science, as well as science with a practical application
• social compact an agreement between individuals to form a government for their mutual protection and safety
• that venerable instrument the Constitution