Age
Illustration★★★★When Adams was eighty years old, he met a friend who inquired, “How is John Quincy Adams today?” “Quite well, I thank you,” replied the former president, “but the house in which he lives is becoming dilapidated, in fact, almost uninhabitable. I think John Quincy Adams will have to move out before long. But he himself is well, quite well.” will still say, “This was hour.’” their finest
The point
John Quincy Adams at eighty reflects that while his physical 'house' grows old and dilapidated, he himself remains well, separating his true self from bodily decline.
Audience
Adults
Tone
Reflective · Hopeful
To tell aloud
under a minute · 68 words
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