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- dent, still lived. But in 1830, he was sent once more
to Con-gress, and then, too, he did grand work for the land. Hen-ry Clay said to him, "How do you feel to be a boy once more? You'll find a lot of hard work." Ad-ams said "I well know this; but work I shall do so long as my hands, my eyes, and my brain do not leave me." He kept his word, year by year, and was, each day, one of the "first to come and the last to go." He took a high stand and kept it in spite of all.
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FIRST AMERICAN PASSENGER RAILROAD.
On Feb. 21, 1848, John Quin-cy Ad-ams, while in the "House" fell at his post. He had fought a good fight, won the day, and went home with these words on his lips; "This is the last of earth; I am content."
