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Mr. Adams.
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- Mr. Adams.
- Yes!
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- Mr. Adams, sir.
- Yes!
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Momentous news,
Mr. Adams.
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The British are defeated.
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Look.
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Now, sir...
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now, sir,
all will be fine.
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All will be fine, sir.
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Come. Come now.
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You have struck
a great blow
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for the American cause,
Mr. Adams.
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You have turned
us all on our heads.
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General Washington at Yorktown
did the substance of the work.
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Only the form belongs to me.
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Our directors
have agreed
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to an initial loan of
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5 million Dutch guilders...
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2 million of your
American dollars...
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at a special rate
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of 5% interest.
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You may consider
American credit
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fully established.
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Well, l...
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well, I thank you, gentlemen.
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I thank you very
very much indeed.
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We are very sorry
to hear
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that you
will leave us so soon.
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Oh yes, well, I am needed
in Paris again.
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The British
have sued for peace,
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and I intend to see
that we have a treaty
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that recognizes our
independence, nothing less.
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You are a most
stubborn man, Mr. Adams.
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Ah, well, thanks be to God
He gave me stubbornness,
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especially when I know
that I am right.
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"My dearest friend,
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the peace treaty is done
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but the Congress have instructed me
to remain in Paris
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to secure commerce
with other nations.
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I cannot justify
going home,
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but what should I do
for want of my Abigail?
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There is only one remedy:
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Come, my dearest friend.
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Make all arrangements
you must
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for the care and education
of our children.
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They are old enough now.
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Come, my friend."
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Madame.
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Auteuil?
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Auteuil, madame, oui.
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Adams?
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Monsieur Adams a Auteuil.
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Oui, madame. Bienvenu.
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Madame.
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Mrs. Adams.
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Mr. Adams.
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Come.
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I've taken the liberty of making
this room into my office.
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This is not in use.
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I came here
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with many harsh words
for you, John.
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I know you have complained,
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and it is very well-deserved.
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My...
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my pen was silent
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not because you were
absent from my thoughts,
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but...
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because you were
too much in them.
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To write of
my disgrace,
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to burden you
with my trials here,
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knowing of all
of those you had to face
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at home
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alone...
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it sorrows me more
than I can say
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to think that I may
have added to them.
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Can you forgive me,
Abigail?
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Did you think that I
would think less of you
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if you spoke of your
misadventures here?
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No man wants
to appear a fool before his wife.
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And now that you
are triumphant,
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can you open
your heart to me again?
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My heart was
never closed to you.
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Without you to steady me,
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without you
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I...
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I dismiss my God,
I grow weak
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and vain.
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Then we shall have to relieve
you of such bad habits.
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You must stay
with me always...
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to prevent my ruination.
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I understood my role
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was to negotiate
free-trade agreements
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with anyone
that would listen.
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But nobody seems to have
the slightest interest
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in either me or my whale oil.
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Well, there is a lack
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of confidence in us,
Thomas...
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in the whale oil,
perhaps...
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but in the country
as a whole.
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Do they think that we
will tire of independence?
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That our nation is...
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ephemeral?
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My experience here has shown
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that American affairs are
of very little consequence
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to anyone in Europe.
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And as long as they are dealing
with 13 separate states,
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they can afford
to procrastinate.
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Ah!
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Thomas, allow me
to present my wife.
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Mrs. Adams is already
well known to me.
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Your wisdom and your
passion for your country
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is said to inform your
husband's every decision.
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You do me more credit
than I deserve, sir.
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Come.
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Tell me, Mr. Jefferson,
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are you situated
in an equally grand manner?
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Oh, certainly.
It's a measure
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of our immense significance
in the French court,
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where the question is not
how well-qualified are we
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for office, but how many
domestics do we retain.
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The British Ambassador has 50.
The Spanish Ambassador has 75.
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We consider ourselves
quite impoverished.
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We have to make do
with fewer than 20.
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I'm sorry, my dear.
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Perhaps if we had
more servants,
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you would be more successful
in your negotiations.
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A diplomatic magician.
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At present I see
scarcely any opportunity
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of doing anything
for the American public
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worth the expense
of maintaining us here.
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Mr. Adams, did you invite
your wife across the Atlantic
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in order to complain
about our business affairs?
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Uh, yes, of course I did.
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I am most used to Mr. Adams'
complaints, Mr. Jefferson,
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on either side
of the Atlantic.
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I'm sure you are,
but I for one am
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much more interested
in hearing about
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your first impressions
of France.
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Well, I have been in France
for such a short time.
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It would be unfair
to pass sentence
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or form judgment.
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Which implies that
you've already done both.
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Well, if I had,
Mr. Jefferson,
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I would only offer them
after my further experience
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had shown my wisdom
or the error of my ways.
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An admirable caution.
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Yes, and highly uncharacteristic,
I assure you.
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I am sorry I will not have the
opportunity to meet your children.
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As am I, Mr. Jefferson.
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Johnny has returned and he's
very well along at Harvard.
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So, uh...
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it would not do
to distract him.
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Let me take this opportunity,
Mr. Jefferson, to
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give you my
deepest condolences.
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You must know that you are
welcome here at any time.
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I hope you will use this
as your second home.
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You are most gracious.
Thank you.
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If ever there was a city designed
to distract us from our troubles,
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it would be Paris.
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Good heavens.
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I fear I make
an awkward sight.
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Oh, no.
Without doubt,
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you are the fairest creature
in Christendom.
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It would mortify my soul
if I should be thought to disgrace you.
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My dear, you are like
to dazzle them all.
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I confess I was ashamed
to be seen looking at them.
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I am not accustomed to seeing
such intimacy on display.
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Well, you seemed
quite transported.
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- I was.
- Yeah.
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I am embarrassed
to admit it.
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I am resolved to renounce
embarrassment
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in favor
of enjoyment
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and a certain elevation
of the spirits
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which is occasioned by
witnessing the human body
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liberated from
its earthly shackles.
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Paris is unique.
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Yes, and best enjoyed
in the company of women.
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Women would add interest
to many things, Mr. Jefferson,
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if men would allow it.
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Well, that has been
my experience, Mrs. Adams.
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I cannot imagine Monticello
without Martha.
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I cannot imagine
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losing a child
and your wife in one year.
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Perhaps the art of life
is the art of avoiding pain.
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He is the best pilot
who steers clear
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of the rocks and shoals.
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For all of
Mr. Jefferson's sadness,
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there is a great
charm about him.
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You find him
a captivating man, hmm?
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He is exceptional.
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And am I not exceptional
in any way?
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Certainly,
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unless you are given
to one of your moods.
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I'm simply
reading a book, madam.
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Pauline, merci.
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Madame.
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All this fuss
is really quite silly.
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I'm perfectly capable
of brushing out my own hair.
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Protest if you will,
my dear.
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The question is whether
it is possible for a lady,
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or even a charming
and exceptional man,
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once they have become accustomed to
the manners of Europe,
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not to have their
little heads turned by them.
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Well, if I am to have
a litany of all my faults,
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then perhaps we
should just have it out
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and be done with it.
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John.
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John.
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Petulant John.
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Exceptional John.
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- Sleepy John?
- Mmm.
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I would not change
a single thing about you.
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Good thing for you!
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Le Dr. Franklin, messieurs,
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et La Comtesse Ligniville
D'Autricourt.
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I have something very
important to deliver.
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When I can find it
I will know where it is.
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Excellent, excellent.
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Madame.
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My stones!
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Ahem.
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Oh, pardon me, Mrs. Adams.
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It is Mrs. Adams,
is it not?
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It is of course,
Doctor, yes.
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Oh, an honor.
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Madam, I shall rise
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to apologize for not
getting up.
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Dr. Franklin.
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May I present the Comtesse
Ligniville D'Autricourt,
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Madame Helvetius?
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- Madame.
- Madame.
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Franklin asks me
to marry him many times.
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Has he indeed?
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An inconvenience
to Mrs. Franklin, surely.
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It is quite tiresome.
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I tell him we are too old
for romance.
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Found it!
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From Philadelphia.
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Merci.
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The Congress has seen fit
to appoint me Minister
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to the Court of St. James.
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I am expected to appear
in London
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no later than
King George's birthday.
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Bravo!
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Ambassador Adams, may you
be the first of many.
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Mrs. Ambassador.
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We have had our
disagreements.
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But you have always been
an honest collaborator.
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I can think
of no better choice
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to represent the United States
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in Great Britain
than yourself.
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The English love an insult.
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It's their only test
of a man's sincerity.
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Ah. Ahh!
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My own days abroad
are at a close,
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but Mr. Jefferson
will replace me
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here quite well,
I'm sure.
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I merely succeed you, Dr. Franklin.
No one can replace you.
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Well, I fear none of us will
taste the bread of idleness.
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There is talk of a convention
in Philadelphia.
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They are to discuss
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a binding constitution.
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I hope to attend,
if only to have an effect
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on the style of its prose.
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I expect that any
constitutional document
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that emerges
from Philadelphia
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will be as compromised as our
declaration of independency.
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I am increasingly
persuaded
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that the earth belongs
exclusively to the living
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and that one generation
has no more right
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to bind another to
its laws and judgments
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than one independent nation has
the right to command another.
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But surely the constitution,
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as it did with the ones
we wrote for our own states,
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is meant to establish
the stability
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and the long-term legality
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essential to the continuation
of a civilized society.
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Yes, possibly.
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But I fear it could
prove a breach
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in the integrity of our
revolutionary ideals
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through which will pour
the forces of reaction.
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Doctor, Mr. Jefferson's
pet topic
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is not the artful arrangement
of political power,
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but the cordoning off
of a space
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in which no power
exists at all.
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You, sir, you are
a walking contradiction.
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- We're all contradictions, Mr. Adams.
- Indeed yes.
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And what is government
ultimately
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but the putting
into effect of the lessons
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which we have learned
in dealing with
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the contradictions in
our own characters?
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You have a disconcerting
lack of faith
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in your
fellow man, Mr. A,
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and in yourself,
if I may say.
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Yes, and you display
a dangerous excess
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of faith in your
fellow man, Mr. Jefferson.
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Well, I'm sure we'll
all disagree a great deal.
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Our country is founded
on the right to disagree.
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Still, we must prevail,
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if only to prove
Mr. Dickinson wrong...
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that we will not tear
ourselves asunder
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after the defeat
of our common enemy.
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We've come too far to be
undone by petty rivalries.
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Hmm. It is no small thing
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to build a new world,
gentlemen.
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We have our republic.
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We must endeavor
to keep it if we can.
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It will never fly.
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It has flown, John,
many times.
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No, it's pulled up and down,
up and down on a rope.
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Let's see what happens
when the rope is released.
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Your husband's
admirable caution
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sometimes blinds him
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to unanticipated
possibilities, Mrs. Adams.
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This is one of them.
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Yes yes, the possibility
that it will never fly.
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I should be very sad, John,
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if your experience of Paris
has left you so unchanged.
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I'm consoled only by the thought that
one never really knows
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how much one has been touched
by a place until one has left it.
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Well, I shall certainly
miss your company, Thomas.
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And I shall miss yours,
Mrs. Adams.
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London is not so very
far away, Mr. Jefferson,
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in the unlikely event
you tire of Paris.
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I believe it shall
tire of me first.
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Well, I stand corrected.
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So our umbilical cord
to Mother Earth
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has been severed
for the first time in history.
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Mankind floats upon
a limitless plane of air.
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Hmm.
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Hot air.
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Lord Carmarthen,
the foreign minister,
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will make the official
introduction to His Majesty.
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And upon being ushered into
the royal presence chamber,
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you will make
three reverences,
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like so:
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One on entering...
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a second halfway
to His Majesty...
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and a third as you come
before the royal presence.
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Well, if you would,
Mr. Adams.
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Please.
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Well, uh...
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One.
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Lower, sir.
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Two.
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Truly lower, Mr. Adams.
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An improper reverence
has been the undoing
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of many a foreign
ambassador.
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I tremble at the thought
of being stared at with evil eyes.
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Avert your eyes, sir,
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until you come before
the royal presence.
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00:33:00,025 --> 00:33:01,515
Yes.
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00:33:01,559 --> 00:33:05,256
May I also suggest that perhaps
a change of attire
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would not be
unwarranted, sir?
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00:33:08,633 --> 00:33:10,123
What would you suggest, sir?
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00:33:10,168 --> 00:33:13,069
Possibly something
a little more English.
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Mr. John Adams.
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The United States
of America...
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The United States
of America
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have appointed me
Minister Plenipotentiary
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to Your Majesty.
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00:36:18,389 --> 00:36:21,688
I think myself
more fortunate
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than all of my
fellow citizens
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in having the...
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the distinguishing honor
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to be the first to stand
in Your Majesty's presence
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in a diplomatic character.
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00:36:40,078 --> 00:36:42,012
I shall esteem myself
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the happiest of men
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00:36:44,249 --> 00:36:48,185
if I can be instrumental
in restoring
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the confidence
and affection...
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or in better words,
the good old nature
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00:36:54,726 --> 00:36:57,957
and the good old humor
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between peoples who,
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00:37:00,231 --> 00:37:02,927
though separated by an ocean
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00:37:02,967 --> 00:37:06,232
and under different
governments,
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00:37:06,271 --> 00:37:09,968
have the same language,
the same religion...
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00:37:14,112 --> 00:37:16,307
and kindred blood.
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00:37:23,855 --> 00:37:27,120
I beg Your Majesty's
permission to add
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00:37:27,158 --> 00:37:30,958
that though I had
been before
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entrusted by my country...
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it was never
in my whole life
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00:37:40,238 --> 00:37:43,469
in a manner
more agreeable to myself.
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00:38:03,294 --> 00:38:07,253
The circumstances of this
audience are so extraordinary.
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00:38:09,267 --> 00:38:11,758
The language
you have now held
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00:38:11,803 --> 00:38:14,328
is so extremely proper
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00:38:14,372 --> 00:38:18,240
and the feelings you have
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discovered
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00:38:20,411 --> 00:38:23,847
so justly adapted
to the occasion,
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00:38:23,881 --> 00:38:28,113
that I not only receive
with pleasure
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00:38:28,152 --> 00:38:31,315
the assurance of
the friendly disposition
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00:38:31,356 --> 00:38:33,119
of the United States...
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00:38:35,259 --> 00:38:38,160
but that I am very glad
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00:38:38,196 --> 00:38:42,690
that the choice
has fallen on you
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to be their minister.
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00:38:48,673 --> 00:38:51,801
I will be very
frank with you.
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00:38:54,479 --> 00:38:57,971
I was the last
to consent to separation.
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00:38:59,417 --> 00:39:02,079
But the separation
having been made
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00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:05,385
and having become
inevitable,
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00:39:05,423 --> 00:39:09,723
I have always said
as I say now,
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00:39:09,761 --> 00:39:12,753
that I would be the first
to meet the friendship
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00:39:12,797 --> 00:39:14,697
of the United States
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00:39:14,732 --> 00:39:17,667
as an independent power.
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00:39:24,709 --> 00:39:27,143
Thank you,
Your Majesty.
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00:39:35,219 --> 00:39:38,711
There is an opinion
among some people, Mr. Adams,
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00:39:38,756 --> 00:39:41,953
that you are not the most attached
of all your countrymen
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00:39:41,993 --> 00:39:45,087
to the manners of France.
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00:39:49,367 --> 00:39:53,770
Yes, well, I avow
to Your Majesty
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00:39:53,805 --> 00:39:56,467
that I have no attachment
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00:39:56,507 --> 00:39:58,907
to any country but my own.
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00:40:01,012 --> 00:40:04,914
An honest man will
never have any other.
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00:40:44,322 --> 00:40:47,189
I pray, Mr. Adams,
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00:40:47,225 --> 00:40:51,093
that the United States
does not suffer unduly
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00:40:51,129 --> 00:40:53,723
from its want
of a monarchy.
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00:40:59,470 --> 00:41:02,633
Yes, we will strive
to answer those prayers,
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00:41:02,673 --> 00:41:04,368
Your Majesty.
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00:41:36,941 --> 00:41:40,809
Ah, "An ambassador
from America.
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00:41:40,845 --> 00:41:43,109
Good heavens,
what a sound."
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00:41:45,716 --> 00:41:49,812
Why, they call me
a vain imposter
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00:41:49,854 --> 00:41:52,448
and a Pharisee of liberty.
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00:41:52,490 --> 00:41:54,549
Idiotic phrase.
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00:41:54,592 --> 00:41:57,152
"The Morning Post
and Daily Advertiser."
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00:41:58,462 --> 00:42:01,488
Ah, they very helpfully
inform their readers...
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00:42:06,103 --> 00:42:09,402
that I was
"so pitifully embarrassed
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00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:13,376
as to be very nearly
tongue-tied."
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00:42:13,411 --> 00:42:14,844
You must pay them
no mind, sir.
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00:42:20,284 --> 00:42:21,774
They accuse me of vanity.
429
00:42:23,721 --> 00:42:26,815
They always accuse me
of vanity.
430
00:42:30,127 --> 00:42:32,561
There are many
different kinds
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00:42:32,597 --> 00:42:35,031
of vanity
in this world.
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00:42:35,066 --> 00:42:37,694
But there is also
the vanity that comes
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00:42:37,735 --> 00:42:40,033
from years spent
in the service
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00:42:40,071 --> 00:42:41,834
of other men.
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00:42:41,873 --> 00:42:46,435
And of that I am
most certainly guilty.
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00:42:46,477 --> 00:42:48,468
Guilty as charged.
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00:42:49,847 --> 00:42:53,248
To deny that would be
sheer hypocrisy.
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00:42:57,521 --> 00:42:59,386
Here is someone
calling for me
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00:42:59,423 --> 00:43:00,890
to be hanged!
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00:43:00,925 --> 00:43:03,758
Colonel Smith, remove
these papers at once.
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00:43:03,794 --> 00:43:05,455
God, what a country!
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00:43:05,496 --> 00:43:07,487
Charming!
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00:43:11,102 --> 00:43:13,036
I am sorry, John.
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00:43:45,937 --> 00:43:47,666
Are you unwell?
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00:43:49,407 --> 00:43:52,433
Do you remember the old
Vassall-Borland estate
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00:43:52,476 --> 00:43:54,239
near our farm?
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00:43:54,278 --> 00:43:56,872
Uh, yeah.
448
00:43:56,914 --> 00:43:59,849
Rather a grand place,
I recall.
449
00:44:00,851 --> 00:44:02,842
It has become available.
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00:44:05,589 --> 00:44:09,081
House, farm buildings...
80 acres for £600.
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00:44:14,665 --> 00:44:16,565
What has brought this on?
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00:44:19,070 --> 00:44:22,403
My body is in one place,
my soul is in another.
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00:44:27,311 --> 00:44:29,871
Besides, I am worried
about the children.
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00:44:29,914 --> 00:44:32,542
They are adults now, John.
They have been without us for too long.
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00:44:35,453 --> 00:44:39,150
- And I'm tired of this weary place.
- Mm-hmm.
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00:44:39,190 --> 00:44:42,421
There is no pleasure mixing company
where no one cares for you.
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00:44:42,460 --> 00:44:44,758
You care for no one.
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00:44:49,300 --> 00:44:52,895
I too feel adrift.
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00:44:52,937 --> 00:44:55,997
I missed the Constitutional
Convention.
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00:44:56,040 --> 00:44:58,201
They are to elect
a new federal government,
461
00:44:58,242 --> 00:45:00,369
and here am I,
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00:45:00,411 --> 00:45:02,743
3,000 miles away.
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00:45:09,086 --> 00:45:10,986
I will write to the Congress
and demand
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00:45:11,022 --> 00:45:13,582
my immediate recall.
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00:45:16,861 --> 00:45:20,558
I hold this post to be so inconsistent
with my honor and dignity
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00:45:20,598 --> 00:45:21,860
I can no longer endure it.
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00:45:21,899 --> 00:45:24,299
I'm finished with
pomp and ceremony
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00:45:24,335 --> 00:45:27,668
and bowing
and scraping and wigs
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00:45:27,705 --> 00:45:30,105
and all other affectations.
I'm finished with it.
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00:45:32,743 --> 00:45:34,210
Will they grant it?
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00:45:35,946 --> 00:45:37,971
I hope so.
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00:46:13,117 --> 00:46:14,948
Make ready!
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00:46:14,985 --> 00:46:16,885
Present!
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00:46:18,456 --> 00:46:20,117
Fire!
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00:46:46,817 --> 00:46:49,149
Father?
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00:46:51,856 --> 00:46:53,346
Charles!
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00:46:57,027 --> 00:47:00,519
Good heavens, you...
you look fine, sir.
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00:47:00,564 --> 00:47:03,362
I trust you had
a peaceful journey, sir.
479
00:47:03,400 --> 00:47:05,231
Oh, yes yes.
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00:47:17,815 --> 00:47:20,943
- Father, this is Thomas.
- Of course.
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00:47:20,985 --> 00:47:23,351
Thomas.
My boy, my goodness.
482
00:47:23,387 --> 00:47:25,651
Well, you've grown
into a man, yeah?
483
00:47:25,689 --> 00:47:28,317
- It's been a long time, Father.
- Yes indeed.
484
00:47:28,359 --> 00:47:29,917
Yes indeed.
485
00:47:33,097 --> 00:47:34,655
- Welcome home.
- John Quincy!
486
00:47:34,698 --> 00:47:36,529
- Father.
- Good! Yeah!
487
00:47:36,567 --> 00:47:38,694
My boys. My boys.
488
00:47:38,736 --> 00:47:40,169
Welcome home, Father.
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00:47:40,204 --> 00:47:41,831
I feared that you
would not know me.
490
00:47:41,872 --> 00:47:43,669
Nonsense.
491
00:47:43,707 --> 00:47:45,334
On the contrary.
492
00:47:45,376 --> 00:47:48,209
No, I am amazed.
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00:47:49,580 --> 00:47:51,571
Mother.
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00:47:52,983 --> 00:47:56,544
Colonel William Smith,
who has been my private secretary,
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00:47:56,587 --> 00:47:59,579
my sons, my daughter Nabby.
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00:47:59,623 --> 00:48:01,488
Colonel Smith.
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00:48:03,527 --> 00:48:05,961
Abigail, shall we?
Come.
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00:48:09,934 --> 00:48:11,424
Nabby.
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00:48:11,468 --> 00:48:14,437
Charles, Thomas,
follow in the next carriage, yes?
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00:48:14,471 --> 00:48:16,439
God bless Mr. Adams.
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00:48:19,076 --> 00:48:21,203
Thank you!
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00:48:21,245 --> 00:48:23,145
Thank you.
503
00:48:31,488 --> 00:48:34,889
It is too early for you
to speak of retirement.
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00:48:34,925 --> 00:48:39,259
I have been rolling
like a stone for 30 years,
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00:48:39,296 --> 00:48:41,161
never three years
in the same place.
506
00:48:43,033 --> 00:48:45,763
No, sir. I intend
to lay fast to my farm,
507
00:48:45,803 --> 00:48:48,636
here to live,
here to die,
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00:48:48,672 --> 00:48:50,970
here to lay my bones.
509
00:48:51,008 --> 00:48:54,637
Time has already taken
too many of '76.
510
00:48:54,678 --> 00:48:57,203
The new government
has my best wishes
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00:48:57,248 --> 00:49:00,376
and most fervent prayers
for its success.
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00:49:00,417 --> 00:49:03,853
The Constitution was
not ratified without some difficulty.
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00:49:05,789 --> 00:49:09,486
We need men
who will unite us.
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00:49:11,395 --> 00:49:13,659
Our first election
is imminent.
515
00:49:13,697 --> 00:49:16,461
Speculation on your future
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00:49:16,500 --> 00:49:19,367
has been overflowing.
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00:49:19,403 --> 00:49:22,770
Your name has been
mentioned for Governor,
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00:49:22,806 --> 00:49:26,264
Senator, Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court,
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00:49:26,310 --> 00:49:27,743
Vice President,
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00:49:27,778 --> 00:49:31,646
even President of
these States United.
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00:49:35,886 --> 00:49:38,855
Surely Washington
is the logical choice.
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00:49:38,889 --> 00:49:42,723
You would not object if I were
to put your name forward?
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00:49:50,901 --> 00:49:52,630
You were not meant to sit
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00:49:52,670 --> 00:49:55,298
in the shade of life...
525
00:49:56,674 --> 00:49:58,835
neither one of you.
526
00:50:06,216 --> 00:50:07,342
If that is what you wish...
527
00:50:07,384 --> 00:50:10,285
It must at least
be vice president.
528
00:50:12,423 --> 00:50:15,187
Anything less would be
beneath you.
529
00:50:20,698 --> 00:50:22,689
To Peacefield,
530
00:50:22,733 --> 00:50:26,669
in honor of our lasting peace
with Great Britain.
531
00:50:26,704 --> 00:50:28,501
Peacefield.
532
00:50:31,709 --> 00:50:34,041
I could hardly ask
your mother to return
533
00:50:34,078 --> 00:50:35,875
to the wren's house
of your childhood.
534
00:50:35,913 --> 00:50:39,815
Of course not,
not after the palaces of Europe!
535
00:50:46,523 --> 00:50:48,047
I have heard
disturbing reports
536
00:50:48,092 --> 00:50:51,391
of your behavior
at Harvard, Charles...
537
00:50:53,997 --> 00:50:57,899
drunkenness
and disorderly conduct.
538
00:51:00,304 --> 00:51:02,568
It was only a lark, Father,
539
00:51:02,606 --> 00:51:05,439
a momentary effusion
of too much good cheer.
540
00:51:05,476 --> 00:51:08,377
I daresay I am neither
the first person nor the last
541
00:51:08,412 --> 00:51:10,607
to appear naked
in Harvard Yard.
542
00:51:16,720 --> 00:51:18,347
Well, I daresay...
543
00:51:25,629 --> 00:51:27,494
do not let your companions
544
00:51:27,531 --> 00:51:30,227
or your amusements
get the better of you, sir.
545
00:51:32,970 --> 00:51:35,234
A scholar
is always made alone
546
00:51:35,272 --> 00:51:36,899
and sober.
547
00:51:39,476 --> 00:51:41,740
Studies can be pursued
to good purpose
548
00:51:41,779 --> 00:51:43,337
only by yourself.
549
00:51:43,380 --> 00:51:47,077
Your example is always
before me, Father.
550
00:51:51,989 --> 00:51:54,150
Following your graduations,
551
00:51:54,191 --> 00:51:56,056
I will see to it
552
00:51:56,093 --> 00:51:59,256
that you are placed as apprentices
to the most prominent lawyers.
553
00:52:00,264 --> 00:52:02,289
Thank you, Father.
554
00:52:08,639 --> 00:52:10,664
Johnny, how goes
555
00:52:10,707 --> 00:52:14,006
your clerkship
with lawyer Parsons?
556
00:52:14,044 --> 00:52:16,478
It's a far cry from the excitement
of St. Petersburg.
557
00:52:16,513 --> 00:52:17,946
I'm sure.
558
00:52:17,981 --> 00:52:21,314
And your courtship of Mary Frazier,
is that not exciting?
559
00:52:26,890 --> 00:52:28,915
How long have you...
560
00:52:30,994 --> 00:52:33,155
pursued this courtship?
561
00:52:33,197 --> 00:52:35,222
I have known Mary
for a year now.
562
00:52:35,265 --> 00:52:36,527
A year?
563
00:52:39,269 --> 00:52:41,134
She is a lovely girl.
564
00:52:41,171 --> 00:52:44,368
She is intelligent
565
00:52:44,408 --> 00:52:45,807
and well-spoken.
566
00:52:45,843 --> 00:52:48,243
I find her to be
delightful company.
567
00:52:50,047 --> 00:52:53,642
Nothing so like perfection
in human shape
568
00:52:53,684 --> 00:52:55,709
has been seen
since the world began.
569
00:53:00,524 --> 00:53:03,982
May I inquire as to
the age of the young lady?
570
00:53:06,096 --> 00:53:08,189
She is 15, Mother.
571
00:53:18,876 --> 00:53:20,969
I will speak frankly
with you, John.
572
00:53:22,613 --> 00:53:25,104
You're too young,
you're too unestablished
573
00:53:25,148 --> 00:53:28,083
to form any sort of
romantic attachment whatsoever.
574
00:53:30,954 --> 00:53:33,286
To excel in the field
of the law,
575
00:53:33,323 --> 00:53:36,258
let alone become a man
of position and prominence,
576
00:53:36,293 --> 00:53:38,853
you must work more hours
than exist in the day
577
00:53:38,896 --> 00:53:40,523
and more days than
exist in the week.
578
00:53:40,564 --> 00:53:43,795
- I am well aware of the commit...
- You are not!
579
00:53:46,770 --> 00:53:49,068
Now, I indulge you
more than your brothers,
580
00:53:49,106 --> 00:53:51,131
and there's
a reason for that.
581
00:53:51,174 --> 00:53:53,574
Because you have
a strong mind
582
00:53:53,610 --> 00:53:55,703
and you have the temperament
to succeed
583
00:53:55,746 --> 00:53:58,442
at whatever you
set that mind to do.
584
00:53:58,482 --> 00:54:00,814
You've traveled
the world, man.
585
00:54:00,851 --> 00:54:03,012
You could
achieve distinction.
586
00:54:04,321 --> 00:54:06,949
But you have only
to apply yourself.
587
00:54:10,360 --> 00:54:13,591
Now I am willing
to set you up
588
00:54:13,630 --> 00:54:16,861
in your own practice
as of tomorrow
589
00:54:16,900 --> 00:54:19,960
with an annual stipend
of £100.
590
00:54:20,003 --> 00:54:23,461
But you must cut off
this romantic attachment immediately.
591
00:54:32,249 --> 00:54:34,843
I will need some time
to consider your offer.
592
00:54:34,885 --> 00:54:37,513
No!
You will decide now.
593
00:54:51,468 --> 00:54:52,662
Very well, as you wish.
594
00:54:52,703 --> 00:54:54,261
Good boy.
595
00:54:56,006 --> 00:54:57,564
Excellent.
596
00:55:01,478 --> 00:55:03,241
You're smiling,
Miss Adams.
597
00:55:03,280 --> 00:55:05,942
Do I not have reason
to be happy, Colonel Smith?
598
00:55:05,983 --> 00:55:08,781
Our family is
so rarely together.
599
00:55:08,819 --> 00:55:11,652
Your brothers seem to be
men of good spirit,
600
00:55:11,688 --> 00:55:13,622
Charles especially.
601
00:55:13,657 --> 00:55:16,490
My brother Charles
can be rather incorrigible.
602
00:55:16,526 --> 00:55:18,790
He can be as headstrong
as Father.
603
00:55:18,829 --> 00:55:21,821
Mr. Adams has the vitality
of a much younger man.
604
00:55:21,865 --> 00:55:24,993
Some days it's all
I can do to keep up with him.
605
00:55:25,035 --> 00:55:27,333
Father says you commanded
a regiment of our army.
606
00:55:27,371 --> 00:55:30,670
Yes, I had the honor to serve
under General Washington
607
00:55:30,707 --> 00:55:32,470
at Long Island.
608
00:55:32,509 --> 00:55:34,306
Perhaps you will allow me
to divert you
609
00:55:34,344 --> 00:55:37,177
with stories
from the campaign,
610
00:55:37,214 --> 00:55:39,842
if you would not
find them too dull.
611
00:55:39,883 --> 00:55:44,445
That depends on the telling,
does it not, Colonel Smith?
612
00:55:58,835 --> 00:56:01,167
Abigail.
613
00:56:05,942 --> 00:56:08,843
Here's a fine culmination
to all my years of service...
614
00:56:10,614 --> 00:56:13,048
fewer than half the votes
of the Electoral College.
615
00:56:15,552 --> 00:56:18,680
General Washington
is unanimously acclaimed
616
00:56:18,722 --> 00:56:20,383
president with 69 votes,
617
00:56:20,424 --> 00:56:24,190
whereas I apparently am scorned
by all but 34 of the electors.
618
00:56:24,227 --> 00:56:28,630
John, there are
two, four, six, eight,
619
00:56:28,665 --> 00:56:30,064
10 other names here.
620
00:56:30,100 --> 00:56:33,501
You have more votes than
all of them put together.
621
00:56:33,537 --> 00:56:36,734
- And John Jay comes in third with nine.
- Nonetheless, I consider...
622
00:56:36,773 --> 00:56:39,241
I consider such a showing
a stain upon my character.
623
00:56:39,276 --> 00:56:41,836
- John!
- I will not and I cannot accept it.
624
00:56:45,415 --> 00:56:46,973
John...
625
00:56:49,019 --> 00:56:51,453
you are vice president now.
626
00:56:57,527 --> 00:56:59,654
Vice president.
627
00:57:12,109 --> 00:57:14,634
I am vice president
now, hmm?
628
00:57:22,953 --> 00:57:24,921
Mr. Vice President.
629
00:57:26,857 --> 00:57:30,315
- Mrs. Vice President.
- Vice President Adams.
630
00:57:34,097 --> 00:57:36,861
Mr. Vice President!
631
00:57:48,612 --> 00:57:52,480
Unaccustomed to refuse
any public service,
632
00:57:52,516 --> 00:57:55,485
however dangerous
to my reputation
633
00:57:55,519 --> 00:57:58,852
or disproportionate
to my talents...
634
00:58:01,658 --> 00:58:03,421
it would have been
inconsistent
635
00:58:03,460 --> 00:58:06,020
to have adopted
a different maxim of conduct
636
00:58:06,062 --> 00:58:07,893
at this time.
637
00:58:09,432 --> 00:58:11,559
And yet...
and yet,
638
00:58:11,601 --> 00:58:13,228
I feel a great difficulty
639
00:58:13,270 --> 00:58:15,602
as to how to act.
640
00:58:16,973 --> 00:58:19,168
I am vice president, yes.
641
00:58:19,209 --> 00:58:21,871
And in this I am nothing.
642
00:58:21,912 --> 00:58:24,813
But I may be everything.
643
00:58:46,236 --> 00:58:47,533
Ah.
644
00:58:53,143 --> 00:58:56,510
Well, General, uh...
645
00:58:59,182 --> 00:59:01,047
uh, you are...
you are here.
646
00:59:01,084 --> 00:59:03,882
I am, Mr. Adams.
647
00:59:06,790 --> 00:59:09,020
Um...
648
00:59:11,761 --> 00:59:13,092
Yes.
649
00:59:13,129 --> 00:59:15,290
Um,
650
00:59:15,332 --> 00:59:17,766
yes, we, uh,
we are
651
00:59:17,801 --> 00:59:20,793
ready to administer
the oath of office, sir.
652
00:59:24,674 --> 00:59:26,972
I am at your service.
653
01:00:10,020 --> 01:00:11,487
Thank you, sir.
654
01:00:19,896 --> 01:00:21,955
General, if you will please
655
01:00:21,998 --> 01:00:24,466
place your left hand
on the Bible
656
01:00:24,501 --> 01:00:26,935
and raise your right hand.
657
01:00:31,241 --> 01:00:33,402
Repeat after me.
658
01:00:33,443 --> 01:00:38,005
I, George Washington,
do solemnly swear...
659
01:00:39,649 --> 01:00:44,211
I, George Washington,
do solemnly swear...
660
01:00:44,254 --> 01:00:47,849
...that I will
faithfully execute
661
01:00:47,891 --> 01:00:51,793
the office of President
of the United States...
662
01:00:51,828 --> 01:00:53,796
...that I will
faithfully execute
663
01:00:53,830 --> 01:00:57,630
the office of President
664
01:00:57,667 --> 01:00:59,396
of the United States...
665
01:00:59,436 --> 01:01:03,167
...and will, to the best
of my ability...
666
01:01:03,206 --> 01:01:07,575
...and will, to the best
of my ability...
667
01:01:07,610 --> 01:01:11,546
...preserve protect,
and defend...
668
01:01:11,581 --> 01:01:15,984
...preserve protect,
and defend...
669
01:01:16,019 --> 01:01:19,648
...the Constitution
of the United States!
670
01:01:21,257 --> 01:01:24,852
...the Constitution
of the United States...
671
01:01:27,097 --> 01:01:29,190
so help me, God.
672
01:01:36,206 --> 01:01:37,935
It is done.
673
01:01:37,974 --> 01:01:40,306
God bless
George Washington,
674
01:01:40,343 --> 01:01:42,675
President
of the United States!
675
01:02:12,075 --> 01:02:14,305
A fine day.
A fine day.
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