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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, I...
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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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00:29:29,166 --> 00:29:32,727
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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00:29:44,749 --> 00:29:46,376
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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00:30:02,833 --> 00:30:05,063
Well, I shall certainly
miss your company, Thomas.
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00:30:06,937 --> 00:30:10,100
And I shall miss yours,
Mrs. Adams.
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00:30:12,610 --> 00:30:15,340
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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00:31:06,764 --> 00:31:09,392
Well, I stand corrected.
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00:31:09,433 --> 00:31:12,800
So our umbilical cord
to Mother Earth
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00:31:12,837 --> 00:31:15,397
has been severed
for the first time in history.
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00:31:18,109 --> 00:31:22,808
Mankind floats upon
a limitless plane of air.
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00:31:22,847 --> 00:31:25,042
Hmm.
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00:31:25,082 --> 00:31:26,845
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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00:31:53,344 --> 00:31:55,869
And upon being ushered into
the royal presence chamber,
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00:31:55,913 --> 00:31:57,813
you will make
three reverences,
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00:31:57,848 --> 00:31:59,713
like so:
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One on entering...
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00:32:07,224 --> 00:32:09,488
a second halfway
to His Majesty...
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00:32:10,928 --> 00:32:15,058
and a third as you come
before the royal presence.
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00:32:21,439 --> 00:32:23,304
Well, if you would,
Mr. Adams.
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00:32:25,376 --> 00:32:26,900
Please.
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00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:30,742
Well, uh...
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One.
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Lower, sir.
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Two.
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00:32:42,159 --> 00:32:43,820
Truly lower, Mr. Adams.
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00:32:43,861 --> 00:32:45,886
An improper reverence
has been the undoing
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00:32:45,930 --> 00:32:47,363
of many a foreign
ambassador.
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00:32:48,799 --> 00:32:52,530
I tremble at the thought
of being stared at with evil eyes.
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00:32:53,704 --> 00:32:55,262
Avert your eyes, sir,
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00:32:55,306 --> 00:32:57,206
until you come before
the royal presence.
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00:33:00,244 --> 00:33:01,734
Yes.
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00:33:01,779 --> 00:33:05,476
May I also suggest that perhaps
a change of attire
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00:33:05,516 --> 00:33:07,711
would not be
unwarranted, sir?
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00:33:08,853 --> 00:33:10,343
What would you suggest, sir?
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00:33:10,387 --> 00:33:13,288
Possibly something
a little more English.
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00:34:23,827 --> 00:34:26,489
Mr. John Adams.
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00:35:58,856 --> 00:36:01,586
The United States
of America...
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00:36:05,396 --> 00:36:08,763
The United States
of America
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00:36:08,799 --> 00:36:11,927
have appointed me
Minister Plenipotentiary
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00:36:11,969 --> 00:36:13,834
to Your Majesty.
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00:36:18,609 --> 00:36:21,908
I think myself
more fortunate
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00:36:21,945 --> 00:36:24,345
than all of my
fellow citizens
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00:36:24,381 --> 00:36:26,349
in having the...
365
00:36:29,053 --> 00:36:30,748
the distinguishing honor
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00:36:30,788 --> 00:36:35,521
to be the first to stand
in Your Majesty's presence
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00:36:35,559 --> 00:36:37,754
in a diplomatic character.
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00:36:40,297 --> 00:36:42,231
I shall esteem myself
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00:36:42,266 --> 00:36:44,427
the happiest of men
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00:36:44,468 --> 00:36:48,404
if I can be instrumental
in restoring
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00:36:48,439 --> 00:36:50,634
the confidence
and affection...
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00:36:53,110 --> 00:36:54,907
or in better words,
the good old nature
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00:36:54,945 --> 00:36:58,176
and the good old humor
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00:36:58,215 --> 00:37:00,410
between peoples who,
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00:37:00,451 --> 00:37:03,147
though separated by an ocean
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00:37:03,187 --> 00:37:06,452
and under different
governments,
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00:37:06,490 --> 00:37:10,187
have the same language,
the same religion...
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00:37:14,331 --> 00:37:16,526
and kindred blood.
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00:37:24,074 --> 00:37:27,339
I beg Your Majesty's
permission to add
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00:37:27,377 --> 00:37:31,177
that though I had
been before
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00:37:31,215 --> 00:37:32,876
entrusted by my country...
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00:37:37,688 --> 00:37:40,418
it was never
in my whole life
383
00:37:40,457 --> 00:37:43,688
in a manner
more agreeable to myself.
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00:38:03,514 --> 00:38:07,473
The circumstances of this
audience are so extraordinary.
385
00:38:09,486 --> 00:38:11,977
The language
you have now held
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00:38:12,022 --> 00:38:14,547
is so extremely proper
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00:38:14,591 --> 00:38:18,459
and the feelings you have
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00:38:18,495 --> 00:38:20,588
discovered
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00:38:20,631 --> 00:38:24,067
so justly adapted
to the occasion,
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00:38:24,101 --> 00:38:28,333
that I not only receive
with pleasure
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00:38:28,372 --> 00:38:31,535
the assurance of
the friendly disposition
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00:38:31,575 --> 00:38:33,338
of the United States...
393
00:38:35,479 --> 00:38:38,380
but that I am very glad
394
00:38:38,415 --> 00:38:42,909
that the choice
has fallen on you
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00:38:42,953 --> 00:38:45,786
to be their minister.
396
00:38:48,892 --> 00:38:52,020
I will be very
frank with you.
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00:38:54,698 --> 00:38:58,190
I was the last
to consent to separation.
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00:38:59,636 --> 00:39:02,298
But the separation
having been made
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00:39:02,339 --> 00:39:05,604
and having become
inevitable,
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00:39:05,642 --> 00:39:09,942
I have always said
as I say now,
401
00:39:09,980 --> 00:39:12,972
that I would be the first
to meet the friendship
402
00:39:13,016 --> 00:39:14,916
of the United States
403
00:39:14,952 --> 00:39:17,887
as an independent power.
404
00:39:24,928 --> 00:39:27,362
Thank you,
Your Majesty.
405
00:39:35,439 --> 00:39:38,931
There is an opinion
among some people, Mr. Adams,
406
00:39:38,976 --> 00:39:42,173
that you are not the most attached
of all your countrymen
407
00:39:42,212 --> 00:39:45,306
to the manners of France.
408
00:39:49,586 --> 00:39:53,989
Yes, well, I avow
to Your Majesty
409
00:39:54,024 --> 00:39:56,686
that I have no attachment
410
00:39:56,727 --> 00:39:59,127
to any country but my own.
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00:40:01,231 --> 00:40:05,133
An honest man will
never have any other.
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00:40:44,541 --> 00:40:47,408
I pray, Mr. Adams,
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00:40:47,444 --> 00:40:51,312
that the United States
does not suffer unduly
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00:40:51,348 --> 00:40:53,942
from its want
of a monarchy.
415
00:40:59,690 --> 00:41:02,853
Yes, we will strive
to answer those prayers,
416
00:41:02,893 --> 00:41:04,588
Your Majesty.
417
00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:41,028
Ah, "An ambassador
from America.
418
00:41:41,064 --> 00:41:43,328
Good heavens,
what a sound."
419
00:41:45,936 --> 00:41:50,032
Why, they call me
a vain impostor
420
00:41:50,073 --> 00:41:52,667
and a Pharisee of liberty.
421
00:41:52,709 --> 00:41:54,768
Idiotic phrase.
422
00:41:54,811 --> 00:41:57,371
"The Morning Post
and Daily Advertiser."
423
00:41:58,682 --> 00:42:01,708
Ah, they very helpfully
inform their readers...
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00:42:06,323 --> 00:42:09,622
that I was
"so pitifully embarrassed
425
00:42:09,659 --> 00:42:13,595
as to be very nearly
tongue-tied."
426
00:42:13,630 --> 00:42:15,063
You must pay them
no mind, sir.
427
00:42:20,504 --> 00:42:21,994
They accuse me of vanity.
428
00:42:23,940 --> 00:42:27,034
They always accuse me
of vanity.
429
00:42:30,347 --> 00:42:32,781
There are many
different kinds
430
00:42:32,816 --> 00:42:35,250
of vanity
in this world.
431
00:42:35,285 --> 00:42:37,913
But there is also
the vanity that comes
432
00:42:37,954 --> 00:42:40,252
from years spent
in the service
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00:42:40,290 --> 00:42:42,053
of other men.
434
00:42:42,092 --> 00:42:46,654
And of that I am
most certainly guilty.
435
00:42:46,696 --> 00:42:48,687
Guilty as charged.
436
00:42:50,067 --> 00:42:53,468
To deny that would be
sheer hypocrisy.
437
00:42:57,741 --> 00:42:59,606
Here is someone
calling for me
438
00:42:59,643 --> 00:43:01,110
to be hanged!
439
00:43:01,144 --> 00:43:03,977
Colonel Smith, remove
these papers at once.
440
00:43:04,014 --> 00:43:05,675
God, what a country!
441
00:43:05,715 --> 00:43:07,706
Charming!
442
00:43:11,321 --> 00:43:13,255
I am sorry, John.
443
00:43:46,156 --> 00:43:47,885
Are you unwell?
444
00:43:49,626 --> 00:43:52,652
Do you remember the old
Vassall-Borland estate
445
00:43:52,696 --> 00:43:54,459
near our farm?
446
00:43:54,498 --> 00:43:57,092
Uh, yeah.
447
00:43:57,134 --> 00:44:00,069
Rather a grand place,
I recall.
448
00:44:01,071 --> 00:44:03,062
It has become available.
449
00:44:05,809 --> 00:44:09,301
House, farm buildings...
80 acres for £600.
450
00:44:14,885 --> 00:44:16,785
What has brought this on?
451
00:44:19,289 --> 00:44:22,622
My body is in one place,
my soul is in another.
452
00:44:27,531 --> 00:44:30,091
Besides, I am worried
about the children.
453
00:44:30,133 --> 00:44:32,761
They are adults now, John.
They have been without us for too long.
454
00:44:35,672 --> 00:44:39,369
- And I'm tired of this weary place.
- Mm-hmm.
455
00:44:39,409 --> 00:44:42,640
There is no pleasure mixing company
where no one cares for you.
456
00:44:42,679 --> 00:44:44,977
You care for no one.
457
00:44:49,519 --> 00:44:53,114
I too feel adrift.
458
00:44:53,156 --> 00:44:56,216
I missed the Constitutional
Convention.
459
00:44:56,259 --> 00:44:58,420
They are to elect
a new federal government,
460
00:44:58,461 --> 00:45:00,588
and here am I,
461
00:45:00,630 --> 00:45:02,962
3,000 miles away.
462
00:45:09,306 --> 00:45:11,206
I will write to the Congress
and demand
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00:45:11,241 --> 00:45:13,801
my immediate recall.
464
00:45:17,080 --> 00:45:20,777
I hold this post to be so inconsistent
with my honor and dignity
465
00:45:20,817 --> 00:45:22,079
I can no longer endure it.
466
00:45:22,118 --> 00:45:24,518
I'm finished with
pomp and ceremony
467
00:45:24,554 --> 00:45:27,887
and bowing
and scraping and wigs
468
00:45:27,924 --> 00:45:30,324
and all other affectations.
I'm finished with it.
469
00:45:32,963 --> 00:45:34,430
Will they grant it?
470
00:45:36,166 --> 00:45:38,191
I hope so.
471
00:46:13,336 --> 00:46:15,167
Make ready!
472
00:46:15,205 --> 00:46:17,105
Present!
473
00:46:18,675 --> 00:46:20,336
Fire!
474
00:46:47,037 --> 00:46:49,369
Father?
475
00:46:52,075 --> 00:46:53,565
Charles!
476
00:46:57,247 --> 00:47:00,739
Good heavens, you...
you look fine, sir.
477
00:47:00,784 --> 00:47:03,582
I trust you had
a peaceful journey, sir.
478
00:47:03,620 --> 00:47:05,451
Oh, yes yes.
479
00:47:18,034 --> 00:47:21,162
- Father, this is Thomas.
- Of course.
480
00:47:21,204 --> 00:47:23,570
Thomas.
My boy, my goodness.
481
00:47:23,606 --> 00:47:25,870
Well, you've grown
into a man, yeah?
482
00:47:25,909 --> 00:47:28,537
- It's been a long time, Father.
- Yes indeed.
483
00:47:28,578 --> 00:47:30,136
Yes indeed.
484
00:47:33,316 --> 00:47:34,874
- Welcome home.
- John Quincy!
485
00:47:34,918 --> 00:47:36,749
- Father.
- Good! Yeah!
486
00:47:36,786 --> 00:47:38,913
My boys. My boys.
487
00:47:38,955 --> 00:47:40,388
Welcome home, Father.
488
00:47:40,423 --> 00:47:42,050
I feared that you
would not know me.
489
00:47:42,092 --> 00:47:43,889
Nonsense.
490
00:47:43,927 --> 00:47:45,554
On the contrary.
491
00:47:45,595 --> 00:47:48,428
No, I am amazed.
492
00:47:49,799 --> 00:47:51,790
Mother.
493
00:47:53,203 --> 00:47:56,764
Colonel William Smith,
who has been my private secretary,
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00:47:56,806 --> 00:47:59,798
my sons, my daughter Nabby.
495
00:47:59,843 --> 00:48:01,708
Colonel Smith.
496
00:48:03,747 --> 00:48:06,181
Abigail, shall we?
Come.
497
00:48:10,153 --> 00:48:11,643
Nabby.
498
00:48:11,688 --> 00:48:14,657
Charles, Thomas,
follow in the next carriage, yes?
499
00:48:14,691 --> 00:48:16,659
God bless Mr. Adams.
500
00:48:19,295 --> 00:48:21,422
Thank you!
501
00:48:21,464 --> 00:48:23,364
Thank you.
502
00:48:31,708 --> 00:48:35,109
It is too early for you
to speak of retirement.
503
00:48:35,145 --> 00:48:39,479
I have been rolling
like a stone for 30 years,
504
00:48:39,516 --> 00:48:41,381
never three years
in the same place.
505
00:48:43,253 --> 00:48:45,983
No, sir. I intend
to lay fast to my farm,
506
00:48:46,022 --> 00:48:48,855
here to live,
here to die,
507
00:48:48,892 --> 00:48:51,190
here to lay my bones.
508
00:48:51,227 --> 00:48:54,856
Time has already taken
too many of '76.
509
00:48:54,898 --> 00:48:57,423
The new government
has my best wishes
510
00:48:57,467 --> 00:49:00,595
and most fervent prayers
for its success.
511
00:49:00,637 --> 00:49:04,073
The Constitution was
not ratified without some difficulty.
512
00:49:06,009 --> 00:49:09,706
We need men
who will unite us.
513
00:49:11,614 --> 00:49:13,878
Our first election
is imminent.
514
00:49:13,917 --> 00:49:16,681
Speculation on your future
515
00:49:16,719 --> 00:49:19,586
has been overflowing.
516
00:49:19,622 --> 00:49:22,989
Your name has been
mentioned for Governor,
517
00:49:23,026 --> 00:49:26,484
Senator, Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court,
518
00:49:26,529 --> 00:49:27,962
Vice President,
519
00:49:27,997 --> 00:49:31,865
even President of
these States United.
520
00:49:36,105 --> 00:49:39,074
Surely Washington
is the logical choice.
521
00:49:39,108 --> 00:49:42,942
You would not object if I were
to put your name forward?
522
00:49:51,120 --> 00:49:52,849
You were not meant to sit
523
00:49:52,889 --> 00:49:55,517
in the shade of life...
524
00:49:56,893 --> 00:49:59,054
neither one of you.
525
00:50:06,436 --> 00:50:07,562
If that is what you wish...
526
00:50:07,604 --> 00:50:10,505
It must at least
be vice president.
527
00:50:12,642 --> 00:50:15,406
Anything less would be
beneath you.
528
00:50:20,917 --> 00:50:22,908
To Peacefield,
529
00:50:22,952 --> 00:50:26,888
in honor of our lasting peace
with Great Britain.
530
00:50:26,923 --> 00:50:28,720
Peacefield.
531
00:50:31,928 --> 00:50:34,260
I could hardly ask
your mother to return
532
00:50:34,297 --> 00:50:36,094
to the wren's house
of your childhood.
533
00:50:36,132 --> 00:50:40,034
Of course not,
not after the palaces of Europe!
534
00:50:46,743 --> 00:50:48,267
I have heard
disturbing reports
535
00:50:48,311 --> 00:50:51,610
of your behavior
at Harvard, Charles...
536
00:50:54,217 --> 00:50:58,119
drunkenness
and disorderly conduct.
537
00:51:00,523 --> 00:51:02,787
It was only a lark, Father,
538
00:51:02,825 --> 00:51:05,658
a momentary effusion
of too much good cheer.
539
00:51:05,695 --> 00:51:08,596
I daresay I am neither
the first person nor the last
540
00:51:08,631 --> 00:51:10,826
to appear naked
in Harvard Yard.
541
00:51:16,940 --> 00:51:18,567
Well, I daresay...
542
00:51:25,848 --> 00:51:27,713
do not let your companions
543
00:51:27,750 --> 00:51:30,446
or your amusements
get the better of you, sir.
544
00:51:33,189 --> 00:51:35,453
A scholar
is always made alone
545
00:51:35,491 --> 00:51:37,118
and sober.
546
00:51:39,696 --> 00:51:41,960
Studies can be pursued
to good purpose
547
00:51:41,998 --> 00:51:43,556
only by yourself.
548
00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:47,297
Your example is always
before me, Father.
549
00:51:52,208 --> 00:51:54,369
Following your graduations,
550
00:51:54,410 --> 00:51:56,275
I will see to it
551
00:51:56,312 --> 00:51:59,475
that you are placed as apprentices
to the most prominent lawyers.
552
00:52:00,483 --> 00:52:02,508
Thank you, Father.
553
00:52:08,858 --> 00:52:10,883
Johnny, how goes
554
00:52:10,927 --> 00:52:14,226
your clerkship
with lawyer Parsons?
555
00:52:14,263 --> 00:52:16,697
It's a far cry from the excitement
of St. Petersburg.
556
00:52:16,733 --> 00:52:18,166
I'm sure.
557
00:52:18,201 --> 00:52:21,534
And your courtship of Mary Frazier,
is that not exciting?
558
00:52:27,110 --> 00:52:29,135
How long have you...
559
00:52:31,214 --> 00:52:33,375
pursued this courtship?
560
00:52:33,416 --> 00:52:35,441
I have known Mary
for a year now.
561
00:52:35,485 --> 00:52:36,747
A year?
562
00:52:39,489 --> 00:52:41,354
She is a lovely girl.
563
00:52:41,391 --> 00:52:44,588
She is intelligent
564
00:52:44,627 --> 00:52:46,026
and well-spoken.
565
00:52:46,062 --> 00:52:48,462
I find her to be
delightful company.
566
00:52:50,266 --> 00:52:53,861
Nothing so like perfection
in human shape
567
00:52:53,903 --> 00:52:55,928
has been seen
since the world began.
568
00:53:00,743 --> 00:53:04,201
May I inquire as to
the age of the young lady?
569
00:53:06,315 --> 00:53:08,408
She is 15, Mother.
570
00:53:19,095 --> 00:53:21,188
I will speak frankly
with you, John.
571
00:53:22,832 --> 00:53:25,323
You're too young,
you're too unestablished
572
00:53:25,368 --> 00:53:28,303
to form any sort of
romantic attachment whatsoever.
573
00:53:31,174 --> 00:53:33,506
To excel in the field
of the law,
574
00:53:33,543 --> 00:53:36,478
let alone become a man
of position and prominence,
575
00:53:36,512 --> 00:53:39,072
you must work more hours
than exist in the day
576
00:53:39,115 --> 00:53:40,742
and more days than
exist in the week.
577
00:53:40,783 --> 00:53:44,014
- I am well aware of the commit...
- You are not!
578
00:53:46,989 --> 00:53:49,287
Now, I indulge you
more than your brothers,
579
00:53:49,325 --> 00:53:51,350
and there's
a reason for that.
580
00:53:51,394 --> 00:53:53,794
Because you have
a strong mind
581
00:53:53,830 --> 00:53:55,923
and you have the temperament
to succeed
582
00:53:55,965 --> 00:53:58,661
at whatever you
set that mind to do.
583
00:53:58,701 --> 00:54:01,033
You've traveled
the world, man.
584
00:54:01,070 --> 00:54:03,231
You could
achieve distinction.
585
00:54:04,540 --> 00:54:07,168
But you have only
to apply yourself.
586
00:54:10,580 --> 00:54:13,811
Now I am willing
to set you up
587
00:54:13,850 --> 00:54:17,081
in your own practice
as of tomorrow
588
00:54:17,120 --> 00:54:20,180
with an annual stipend
of £100.
589
00:54:20,223 --> 00:54:23,681
But you must cut off
this romantic attachment immediately.
590
00:54:32,468 --> 00:54:35,062
I will need some time
to consider your offer.
591
00:54:35,104 --> 00:54:37,732
No!
You will decide now.
592
00:54:51,687 --> 00:54:52,881
Very well, as you wish.
593
00:54:52,922 --> 00:54:54,480
Good boy.
594
00:54:56,225 --> 00:54:57,783
Excellent.
595
00:55:01,697 --> 00:55:03,460
You're smiling,
Miss Adams.
596
00:55:03,499 --> 00:55:06,161
Do I not have reason
to be happy, Colonel Smith?
597
00:55:06,202 --> 00:55:09,000
Our family is
so rarely together.
598
00:55:09,038 --> 00:55:11,871
Your brothers seem to be
men of good spirit,
599
00:55:11,908 --> 00:55:13,842
Charles especially.
600
00:55:13,876 --> 00:55:16,709
My brother Charles
can be rather incorrigible.
601
00:55:16,746 --> 00:55:19,010
He can be as headstrong
as Father.
602
00:55:19,048 --> 00:55:22,040
Mr. Adams has the vitality
of a much younger man.
603
00:55:22,084 --> 00:55:25,212
Some days it's all
I can do to keep up with him.
604
00:55:25,254 --> 00:55:27,552
Father says you commanded
a regiment of our army.
605
00:55:27,590 --> 00:55:30,889
Yes, I had the honor to serve
under General Washington
606
00:55:30,927 --> 00:55:32,690
at Long Island.
607
00:55:32,728 --> 00:55:34,525
Perhaps you will allow me
to divert you
608
00:55:34,564 --> 00:55:37,397
with stories
from the campaign,
609
00:55:37,433 --> 00:55:40,061
if you would not
find them too dull.
610
00:55:40,102 --> 00:55:44,664
That depends on the telling,
does it not, Colonel Smith?
611
00:55:59,055 --> 00:56:01,387
Abigail.
612
00:56:06,162 --> 00:56:09,063
Here's a fine culmination
to all my years of service...
613
00:56:10,833 --> 00:56:13,267
fewer than half the votes
of the Electoral College.
614
00:56:15,771 --> 00:56:18,899
General Washington
is unanimously acclaimed
615
00:56:18,941 --> 00:56:20,602
president with 69 votes,
616
00:56:20,643 --> 00:56:24,409
whereas I apparently am scorned
by all but 34 of the electors.
617
00:56:24,447 --> 00:56:28,850
John, there are
two, four, six, eight,
618
00:56:28,885 --> 00:56:30,284
10 other names here.
619
00:56:30,319 --> 00:56:33,720
You have more votes than
all of them put together.
620
00:56:33,756 --> 00:56:36,953
- And John Jay comes in third with nine.
- Nonetheless, I consider...
621
00:56:36,993 --> 00:56:39,461
I consider such a showing
a stain upon my character.
622
00:56:39,495 --> 00:56:42,055
- John!
- I will not and I cannot accept it.
623
00:56:45,635 --> 00:56:47,193
John...
624
00:56:49,238 --> 00:56:51,672
you are vice president now.
625
00:56:57,747 --> 00:56:59,874
Vice president.
626
00:57:12,328 --> 00:57:14,853
I am vice president
now, hmm?
627
00:57:23,172 --> 00:57:25,140
Mr. Vice President.
628
00:57:27,076 --> 00:57:30,534
- Mrs. Vice President.
- Vice President Adams.
629
00:57:34,317 --> 00:57:37,081
Mr. Vice President!
630
00:57:48,831 --> 00:57:52,699
Unaccustomed to refuse
any public service,
631
00:57:52,735 --> 00:57:55,704
however dangerous
to my reputation
632
00:57:55,738 --> 00:57:59,071
or disproportionate
to my talents...
633
00:58:01,877 --> 00:58:03,640
it would have been
inconsistent
634
00:58:03,679 --> 00:58:06,239
to have adopted
a different maxim of conduct
635
00:58:06,282 --> 00:58:08,113
at this time.
636
00:58:09,652 --> 00:58:11,779
And yet...
and yet,
637
00:58:11,821 --> 00:58:13,448
I feel a great difficulty
638
00:58:13,489 --> 00:58:15,821
as to how to act.
639
00:58:17,193 --> 00:58:19,388
I am vice president, yes.
640
00:58:19,428 --> 00:58:22,090
And in this I am nothing.
641
00:58:22,131 --> 00:58:25,032
But I may be everything.
642
00:58:46,455 --> 00:58:47,752
Ah.
643
00:58:53,362 --> 00:58:56,729
Well, General, uh...
644
00:58:59,402 --> 00:59:01,267
uh, you are...
you are here.
645
00:59:01,303 --> 00:59:04,101
I am, Mr. Adams.
646
00:59:07,009 --> 00:59:09,239
Um...
647
00:59:11,981 --> 00:59:13,312
Yes.
648
00:59:13,349 --> 00:59:15,510
Um,
649
00:59:15,551 --> 00:59:17,985
yes, we, uh,
we are
650
00:59:18,020 --> 00:59:21,012
ready to administer
the oath of office, sir.
651
00:59:24,894 --> 00:59:27,192
I am at your service.
652
01:00:10,239 --> 01:00:11,706
Thank you, sir.
653
01:00:20,116 --> 01:00:22,175
General, if you will please
654
01:00:22,218 --> 01:00:24,686
place your left hand
on the Bible
655
01:00:24,720 --> 01:00:27,154
and raise your right hand.
656
01:00:31,460 --> 01:00:33,621
Repeat after me.
657
01:00:33,662 --> 01:00:38,224
I, George Washington,
do solemnly swear...
658
01:00:39,869 --> 01:00:44,431
I, George Washington,
do solemnly swear...
659
01:00:44,473 --> 01:00:48,068
...that I will
faithfully execute
660
01:00:48,110 --> 01:00:52,012
the office of President
of the United States...
661
01:00:52,047 --> 01:00:54,015
...that I will
faithfully execute
662
01:00:54,049 --> 01:00:57,849
the office of President
663
01:00:57,887 --> 01:00:59,616
of the United States...
664
01:00:59,655 --> 01:01:03,386
...and will, to the best
of my ability...
665
01:01:03,425 --> 01:01:07,794
...and will, to the best
of my ability...
666
01:01:07,830 --> 01:01:11,766
...preserve protect,
and defend...
667
01:01:11,800 --> 01:01:16,203
...preserve protect,
and defend...
668
01:01:16,238 --> 01:01:19,867
...the Constitution
of the United States!
669
01:01:21,477 --> 01:01:25,072
...the Constitution
of the United States...
670
01:01:27,316 --> 01:01:29,409
so help me, God.
671
01:01:36,425 --> 01:01:38,154
It is done.
672
01:01:38,194 --> 01:01:40,526
God bless
George Washington,
673
01:01:40,563 --> 01:01:42,895
President
of the United States!
674
01:02:12,294 --> 01:02:14,524
A fine day.
A fine day.
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