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Mr. Adams.
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- Mr. Adams.
- Yes!
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- Man: 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,
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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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John: "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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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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And now my heart was are
triunever 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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Jefferson: 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 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, s. 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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Man: 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,
277
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But mr. Jefferson will replace me
278
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Here quite well, I'm sure.
279
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I merely succeed you, dr.
Franklin. No one can replace you.
280
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Well, I fear none of us will
taste the bread of idleness.
281
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There is talk of a
convention in philadelphia.
282
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They are to discuss
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A binding constitution.
284
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I hope to attend, if
only to have an effect
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On the style of its prose.
286
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287
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I expect that any
constitutional document
288
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That emerges from a
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Will be as compromised as our
declaration of independency.
290
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I am increasingly persuaded
291
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That the earth belongs
exclusively to the living
292
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And that one generation
has no more right
293
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To bind another to
its laws and judgments
294
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Than one independent nation has
the right to command another.
295
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But surely the constitution,
296
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As it did with the ones we
wrote for our own states,
297
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Is meant to establish the stability
298
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And the long-Term legality
299
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Essential to the continuation
of a civilized society.
300
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Yes, possibly.
301
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But I fear it could prove a breach
302
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In the integrity of
our revolutionary ideals
303
00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,900
Through which will pour
the forces of reaction.
304
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Doctor, mr. Jefferson's pet topic
305
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:35,500
Is not the artful arrangement
of political power,
306
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But the cordoning off of a space
307
00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,200
In which no power exists at all.
308
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You, sir, you are a
walking contradiction.
309
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- We're all contradictions, mr. Adams.
- Indeed yes.
310
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And what is government ultimately
311
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But the putting into
effect of the lessons
312
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Which we have learned in dealing with
313
00:27:58,700 --> 00:28:02,400
The contradictions
in our own characters?
314
00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,400
You have a disconcerting lack of faith
315
00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:06,600
In your fellow man, mr. A,
316
00:28:06,700 --> 00:28:10,000
And in yourself, if I may say.
317
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Yes, and you display a dangerous excess
318
00:28:14,500 --> 00:28:17,600
Of faith in your fellow
man, mr. Jefferson.
319
00:28:17,700 --> 00:28:20,900
Well, I'm sure we'll all
disagree a great deal.
320
00:28:20,900 --> 00:28:24,000
Our country is founded
on the right to disagree.
321
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,700
Still, we must prevail,
322
00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:29,200
If only to prove
mr. Dickinson wrong--
323
00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:31,400
That we will not tear ourselves asunder
324
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:33,700
After the defeat of our common enemy.
325
00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:37,900
We've come too far to be
undone by petty rivalries.
326
00:28:37,900 --> 00:28:40,600
Franklin: hmm. It is no small thing
327
00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:43,700
To build a new world, gentlemen.
328
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We have our republic.
329
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:52,300
We must endeavor to keep it if we can.
330
00:29:06,900 --> 00:29:09,200
331
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,600
It will never fly.
332
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:27,700
It has flown, John, many times.
333
00:29:27,700 --> 00:29:31,200
No, it's pulled up and
down, up and down on a rope.
334
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:34,100
Let's see what happens
when the rope is released.
335
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:37,700
Your husband's admirable caution
336
00:29:37,700 --> 00:29:38,900
Sometimes blinds him
337
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:42,100
To unanticipated
possibilities, mrs. Adams.
338
00:29:43,300 --> 00:29:44,900
This is one of them.
339
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,900
Yes yes, the possibility
that it will never fly.
340
00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:51,300
I should be very sad, John,
341
00:29:51,300 --> 00:29:54,000
If your experience of paris
has left you so unchanged.
342
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,900
I'm consoled only by the thought
that one never really knows
343
00:29:56,900 --> 00:29:59,200
How much one has been touched
by a place until one has left it.
344
00:30:01,300 --> 00:30:03,700
Well, I shall certainly
miss your company, Thomas.
345
00:30:05,300 --> 00:30:08,700
And I shall miss yours, mrs. Adams.
346
00:30:11,100 --> 00:30:13,800
London is not so very
far away, mr. Jefferson,
347
00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:16,600
In the unlikely event you tire of paris.
348
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:19,700
I believe it shall tire of me first.
349
00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,600
350
00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:34,800
351
00:30:50,900 --> 00:30:53,000
352
00:31:02,100 --> 00:31:05,300
353
00:31:05,300 --> 00:31:07,800
Well, I stand corrected.
354
00:31:07,900 --> 00:31:11,200
So our umbilical cord to mother earth
355
00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:14,000
Has been severed for the
first time in history.
356
00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:21,300
Mankind floats upon a
limitless plane of air.
357
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:23,600
Hmm.
358
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:25,500
Hot air.
359
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:29,900
360
00:31:47,300 --> 00:31:49,300
Lord carmarthen, the foreign minister,
361
00:31:49,300 --> 00:31:51,700
Will make the official
introduction to his majesty.
362
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:54,200
And upon being ushered into
the royal presence chamber,
363
00:31:54,300 --> 00:31:56,200
You will make three reverences,
364
00:31:56,300 --> 00:31:58,200
Like so:
365
00:32:01,100 --> 00:32:04,100
One on entering...
366
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,000
A second halfway to his majesty...
367
00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:13,600
And a third as you come
before the royal presence.
368
00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:21,700
Well, if you would, mr. Adams.
369
00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:25,400
Please.
370
00:32:27,900 --> 00:32:29,300
Well, uh...
371
00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:34,400
One.
372
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:36,300
Lower, sir.
373
00:32:37,700 --> 00:32:40,600
Two.
374
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:42,200
Truly lower, mr. Adams.
375
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,300
An improper reverence
has been the undoing
376
00:32:44,300 --> 00:32:45,900
Of many a foreign ambassador.
377
00:32:52,100 --> 00:32:53,600
Avert your eyes, sir,
378
00:32:53,700 --> 00:32:55,700
Until you come before
the royal presence.
379
00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:00,000
Yes.
380
00:33:00,100 --> 00:33:03,900
May I also suggest that
perhaps a change of attire
381
00:33:03,900 --> 00:33:06,300
Would not be unwarranted, sir?
382
00:33:07,300 --> 00:33:08,700
What would you suggest, sir?
383
00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:11,800
Possibly something a
little more english.
384
00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:15,100
385
00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:22,200
386
00:34:22,300 --> 00:34:25,000
Mr. John adams.
387
00:34:29,700 --> 00:34:32,800
388
00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:00,100
The United States of America--
389
00:36:03,700 --> 00:36:07,200
The United States of America
390
00:36:07,300 --> 00:36:10,400
Have appointed me
minister plenipotentiary
391
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:12,400
To your majesty.
392
00:36:16,900 --> 00:36:20,300
I think myself more fortunate
393
00:36:20,300 --> 00:36:22,800
Than all of my fellow citizens
394
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:24,900
In having
the--
395
00:36:27,500 --> 00:36:29,200
The distinguishing honor
396
00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:34,000
To be the first to stand
in your majesty's presence
397
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:36,300
In a diplomatic character.
398
00:36:38,700 --> 00:36:40,700
I shall esteem myself
399
00:36:40,700 --> 00:36:42,800
The happiest of men
400
00:36:42,900 --> 00:36:46,800
If I can be instrumental in restoring
401
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:49,100
The confidence and affection...
402
00:36:51,500 --> 00:36:53,300
Or in better words, the good old nature
403
00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:56,600
And the good old humor
404
00:36:56,700 --> 00:36:58,900
Between peoples who,
405
00:36:58,900 --> 00:37:01,500
Though separated by an ocean
406
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:04,800
And under different governments,
407
00:37:04,900 --> 00:37:08,700
Have the same language,
the same religion...
408
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:15,000
And kindred blood.
409
00:37:22,500 --> 00:37:25,700
I beg your majesty's permission to add
410
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:29,600
That though I had been before
411
00:37:29,700 --> 00:37:31,400
Entrusted by my country...
412
00:37:36,100 --> 00:37:38,800
It was never in my whole life
413
00:37:38,900 --> 00:37:42,200
In a manner more agreeable to myself.
414
00:38:01,900 --> 00:38:06,000
The circumstances of this
audience are so extraordinary.
415
00:38:07,900 --> 00:38:10,400
The language you have now held
416
00:38:10,500 --> 00:38:13,000
Is so extremely proper
417
00:38:13,100 --> 00:38:16,900
And the feelings you have
418
00:38:16,900 --> 00:38:19,000
Discovered
419
00:38:19,100 --> 00:38:22,400
So justly adapted to the occasion,
420
00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:26,800
That I not only receive with pleasure
421
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:30,000
The assurance of the
friendly disposition
422
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:31,800
Of the united states...
423
00:38:33,900 --> 00:38:36,800
But that I am very glad
424
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:41,400
That the choice has fallen on you
425
00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:44,300
To be their minister.
426
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:50,500
I will be very frank with you.
427
00:38:53,100 --> 00:38:56,700
I was the last to consent to separation.
428
00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,700
But the separation having been made
429
00:39:00,700 --> 00:39:04,000
And having become inevitable,
430
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:08,400
I have always said as I say now,
431
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:11,400
That I would be the first
to meet the friendship
432
00:39:11,500 --> 00:39:13,400
Of the united states
433
00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:16,400
As an independent power.
434
00:39:23,300 --> 00:39:25,900
Thank you, your majesty.
435
00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:37,300
There is an opinion among
some people, mr. Adams,
436
00:39:37,300 --> 00:39:40,600
That you are not the most
attached of all your countrymen
437
00:39:40,700 --> 00:39:43,700
To the manners of france.
438
00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:46,500
439
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:52,500
Yes, well, I avow to your majesty
440
00:39:52,500 --> 00:39:55,100
That I have no attachment
441
00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:57,600
To any country but my own.
442
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:03,600
An honest man will never have any other.
443
00:40:42,900 --> 00:40:45,700
King George: I pray, mr. Adams,
444
00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:49,700
That the united states
does not suffer unduly
445
00:40:49,700 --> 00:40:52,400
From its want of a monarchy.
446
00:40:58,100 --> 00:41:01,300
Yes, we will strive to
answer those prayers,
447
00:41:01,300 --> 00:41:03,100
Your majesty.
448
00:41:35,500 --> 00:41:39,400
Ah, "an ambassador from america.
449
00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:41,800
Good heavens, what a sound."
450
00:41:44,300 --> 00:41:48,500
Why, they call me a vain imposter
451
00:41:48,500 --> 00:41:51,100
And a pharisee of liberty.
452
00:41:51,100 --> 00:41:53,100
Idiotic phrase.
453
00:41:53,100 --> 00:41:55,900
"The morning post and daily advertiser."
454
00:41:57,300 --> 00:42:00,200
Ah, they very helpfully
inform their readers...
455
00:42:04,700 --> 00:42:08,000
That I was "so pitifully embarrassed
456
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:12,000
As to be very nearly tongue-Tied."
457
00:42:12,100 --> 00:42:13,600
You must pay them no mind, sir.
458
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:20,500
They accuse me of vanity.
459
00:42:22,300 --> 00:42:25,500
They always accuse me of vanity.
460
00:42:28,700 --> 00:42:31,200
There are many different kinds
461
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:33,700
Of vanity in this world.
462
00:42:33,700 --> 00:42:36,300
But there is also the vanity that comes
463
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:38,700
From years spent in the service
464
00:42:38,700 --> 00:42:40,500
Of other men.
465
00:42:40,500 --> 00:42:45,100
And of that I am most certainly guilty.
466
00:42:45,100 --> 00:42:47,200
Guilty as charged.
467
00:42:48,500 --> 00:42:52,000
To deny that would be sheer hypocrisy.
468
00:42:53,100 --> 00:42:56,000
469
00:42:56,100 --> 00:42:58,000
Here is someone calling for me
470
00:42:58,000 --> 00:42:59,500
To be hanged!
471
00:42:59,500 --> 00:43:02,400
Colonel smith, remove
these papers at once.
472
00:43:02,500 --> 00:43:04,100
God, what a country!
473
00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:06,200
Charming!
474
00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:11,800
I am sorry, John.
475
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:31,000
476
00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:46,400
Are you unwell?
477
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:51,100
Do you remember the old
vassall-Borland estate
478
00:43:51,100 --> 00:43:52,900
Near our farm?
479
00:43:52,900 --> 00:43:55,500
Uh, yeah.
480
00:43:55,500 --> 00:43:58,600
Rather a grand place, I recall.
481
00:43:59,500 --> 00:44:01,600
It has become available.
482
00:44:04,100 --> 00:44:07,800
House, farm buildings--
80 acres for �600.
483
00:44:13,300 --> 00:44:15,300
What has brought this on?
484
00:44:17,700 --> 00:44:21,100
My body is in one place,
my soul is in another.
485
00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:28,400
Besides, I am worried
about the children.
486
00:44:28,500 --> 00:44:31,300
They are adults now, John. They
have been without us for too long.
487
00:44:33,900 --> 00:44:37,700
- And I'm tired of this
weary place. - Mm-Hmm.
488
00:44:37,700 --> 00:44:41,100
There is no pleasure mixing
company where no one cares for you.
489
00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:43,500
You care for no one.
490
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:51,500
I too feel adrift.
491
00:44:51,500 --> 00:44:54,600
I missed the constitutional convention.
492
00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:56,900
They are to elect a
new federal government,
493
00:44:56,900 --> 00:44:59,000
And here am i,
494
00:44:59,100 --> 00:45:01,500
3,000 miles away.
495
00:45:07,700 --> 00:45:09,600
I will write to the congress and demand
496
00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:12,300
My immediate recall.
497
00:45:15,500 --> 00:45:19,200
I hold this post to be so
inconsistent with my honor and dignity
498
00:45:19,300 --> 00:45:20,500
I can no longer endure it.
499
00:45:20,500 --> 00:45:22,900
I'm finished with pomp and ceremony
500
00:45:22,900 --> 00:45:26,300
And bowing and scraping and wigs
501
00:45:26,300 --> 00:45:28,900
And all other affectations.
I'm finished with it.
502
00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:32,900
Will they grant it?
503
00:45:34,600 --> 00:45:36,700
I hope so.
504
00:45:49,100 --> 00:45:51,200
505
00:45:51,300 --> 00:45:54,000
506
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:03,700
507
00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:13,600
Make ready!
508
00:46:13,600 --> 00:46:15,600
Present!
509
00:46:17,100 --> 00:46:18,800
Fire!
510
00:46:45,500 --> 00:46:47,900
Father?
511
00:46:50,500 --> 00:46:52,100
Charles!
512
00:46:55,500 --> 00:46:59,100
Good heavens, you--
You look fine, sir.
513
00:46:59,100 --> 00:47:01,800
I trust you had a peaceful journey, sir.
514
00:47:01,900 --> 00:47:03,900
John: oh, yes yes.
515
00:47:13,500 --> 00:47:16,300
516
00:47:16,300 --> 00:47:19,500
- Father, this is Thomas.
- Of course.
517
00:47:19,500 --> 00:47:21,800
Thomas. My boy, my goodness.
518
00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:24,000
Well, you've grown into a man, yeah?
519
00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:26,800
- It's been a long time, father.
- Yes indeed.
520
00:47:26,900 --> 00:47:28,600
Yes indeed.
521
00:47:31,700 --> 00:47:33,200
- Welcome home.
- John quincy!
522
00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:35,100
- Father.
- Good! Yeah!
523
00:47:35,100 --> 00:47:37,300
Abigail: my boys. My boys.
524
00:47:37,300 --> 00:47:38,600
Welcome home, father.
525
00:47:38,700 --> 00:47:40,300
Abigail: I feared that you
my boys. Would not know me.
526
00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:42,200
Nonsense.
527
00:47:42,200 --> 00:47:43,900
On the contrary.
528
00:47:43,900 --> 00:47:46,800
No, I am amazed.
529
00:47:48,100 --> 00:47:50,200
Mother.
530
00:47:51,700 --> 00:47:55,000
Colonel william smith, who
has been my private secretary,
531
00:47:55,100 --> 00:47:58,100
My sons, my daughter nabby.
532
00:47:58,200 --> 00:48:00,100
Colonel smith.
533
00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:04,600
Abigail, shall we? Come.
534
00:48:08,500 --> 00:48:09,800
Nabby.
535
00:48:09,900 --> 00:48:12,900
Charles, Thomas, follow
in the next carriage, yes?
536
00:48:12,900 --> 00:48:15,100
Boy: god bless mr. Adams.
537
00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:19,700
Thank you!
538
00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:21,800
Thank you.
539
00:48:29,900 --> 00:48:33,400
It is too early for you
to speak of retirement.
540
00:48:33,400 --> 00:48:37,800
I have been rollin like
a stone for 30 years,
541
00:48:37,800 --> 00:48:39,800
Never three years in the same place.
542
00:48:41,500 --> 00:48:44,200
No, sir. I intend to
lay fast to my farm,
543
00:48:44,300 --> 00:48:47,200
Here to live, here to die,
544
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:49,500
Here to lay my bones.
545
00:48:49,500 --> 00:48:53,100
Time has already taken too many of '76.
546
00:48:53,100 --> 00:48:55,700
The new government has my best wishes
547
00:48:55,700 --> 00:48:58,700
And most fervent
prayers for its success.
548
00:48:58,800 --> 00:49:02,400
The constitution was not
ratified without some difficulty.
549
00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:08,100
We need men who will unite us.
550
00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:12,200
Our first election is imminent.
551
00:49:12,200 --> 00:49:15,000
Speculation on your future
552
00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:17,700
Has been overflowing.
553
00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:21,200
Your name has been
mentioned for governor,
554
00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:24,700
Senator, chief justice
of the supreme court,
555
00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:26,300
Vice president,
556
00:49:26,300 --> 00:49:30,100
Even president of these states united.
557
00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:33,100
558
00:49:34,300 --> 00:49:37,300
Surely Washington, is the logical choice.
559
00:49:37,300 --> 00:49:41,400
You would not object if i
were to put your name forward?
560
00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:51,100
You were not meant to sit
561
00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:53,900
In the shade of life...
562
00:49:55,200 --> 00:49:57,400
Neither one of you.
563
00:50:04,700 --> 00:50:05,800
If that is
what you wish--
564
00:50:05,800 --> 00:50:08,900
It must at least be vice president.
565
00:50:10,900 --> 00:50:13,800
Anything less would be beneath you.
566
00:50:19,100 --> 00:50:21,100
John: to peacefield,
567
00:50:21,100 --> 00:50:25,100
In honor of our lasting
peace with great britain.
568
00:50:25,200 --> 00:50:27,100
All: peefield.
569
00:50:30,200 --> 00:50:32,500
I could hardly ask your mother to return
570
00:50:32,500 --> 00:50:34,300
To the wren's house of your childhood.
571
00:50:34,400 --> 00:50:38,400
Of course not, not after
the palaces of europe!
572
00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:46,500
I have heard disturbing reports
573
00:50:46,500 --> 00:50:50,000
Of your behavior at
harvard, charles--
574
00:50:52,500 --> 00:50:56,500
Drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
575
00:50:58,900 --> 00:51:01,100
It was only a lark, father,
576
00:51:01,100 --> 00:51:03,900
A momentary effusion
of too much good cheer.
577
00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:06,900
I daresay I am neither the
first person nor the last
578
00:51:06,900 --> 00:51:09,200
To appear naked in harvard yard.
579
00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:17,000
Well, I daresay...
580
00:51:24,200 --> 00:51:26,000
Do not let your companions
581
00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:28,800
Or your amusements get
the better of you, sir.
582
00:51:31,400 --> 00:51:33,800
A scholar is always made alone
583
00:51:33,800 --> 00:51:35,500
And sober.
584
00:51:37,900 --> 00:51:40,300
Studies can be pursued to good purpose
585
00:51:40,300 --> 00:51:41,800
Only by yourself.
586
00:51:41,800 --> 00:51:45,600
Your example is always
before me, father.
587
00:51:50,500 --> 00:51:52,700
Following your graduations,
588
00:51:52,700 --> 00:51:54,400
I will see to it
589
00:51:54,500 --> 00:51:57,800
That you are placed as apprentices
to the most prominent lawyers.
590
00:51:58,800 --> 00:52:00,900
Thank you, father.
591
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:09,100
Johnny, how goes
592
00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:12,500
Your clerkship with lawyer parsons?
593
00:52:12,500 --> 00:52:15,000
It's a far cry from the
excitement of st. Petersburg.
594
00:52:15,100 --> 00:52:16,400
I'm sure.
595
00:52:16,500 --> 00:52:19,900
And your courtship of mary
frazier, is that not exciting?
596
00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:27,500
How long have you...
597
00:52:29,500 --> 00:52:31,700
Pursued this courtship?
598
00:52:31,700 --> 00:52:33,800
I have known mary for a year now.
599
00:52:33,800 --> 00:52:35,100
A year?
600
00:52:37,700 --> 00:52:39,700
John quincy: she is a lovely girl.
601
00:52:39,700 --> 00:52:42,900
She is intelligent
602
00:52:42,900 --> 00:52:44,300
And well-Spoken.
603
00:52:44,300 --> 00:52:46,800
I find her to be delightful company.
604
00:52:48,600 --> 00:52:52,200
Nothing so like
perfection in human shape
605
00:52:52,200 --> 00:52:54,300
Has been seen since the world began.
606
00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:02,500
May I inquire as to the
age of the young lady?
607
00:53:04,600 --> 00:53:06,800
She is 15, mother.
608
00:53:17,400 --> 00:53:19,600
I will speak frankly with you, John.
609
00:53:21,100 --> 00:53:23,600
You're too young,
you're too unestablished
610
00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:26,600
To form any sort of romantic
attachment whatsoever.
611
00:53:29,500 --> 00:53:31,800
To excel in the field of the law,
612
00:53:31,800 --> 00:53:34,800
Let alone become a man of
position and prominence,
613
00:53:34,800 --> 00:53:37,400
You must work more hours
than exist in the day
614
00:53:37,400 --> 00:53:38,900
And more days than exist in the week.
615
00:53:38,900 --> 00:53:42,400
- I am well aware of the
commit-- - You are not!
616
00:53:45,300 --> 00:53:47,600
Now, I indulge you
more than your brothers,
617
00:53:47,700 --> 00:53:49,700
And there's a reason for that.
618
00:53:49,700 --> 00:53:52,100
Because you have a strong mind
619
00:53:52,100 --> 00:53:54,200
And you have the temperament to succeed
620
00:53:54,200 --> 00:53:57,000
At whatever you set that mind to do.
621
00:53:57,000 --> 00:53:59,300
You've traveled the world, man.
622
00:53:59,400 --> 00:54:01,600
You could achieve distinction.
623
00:54:02,800 --> 00:54:05,600
But you have only to apply yourself.
624
00:54:08,900 --> 00:54:12,100
Now I am willing to s you up
625
00:54:12,200 --> 00:54:15,400
In your own practice as of tomorrow
626
00:54:15,400 --> 00:54:18,400
With an annual stipend of �100.
627
00:54:18,500 --> 00:54:22,000
But you must cut off this
romantic attachment immediately.
628
00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:33,400
I will need some time
to consider your offer.
629
00:54:33,400 --> 00:54:36,100
No! You will decide now.
630
00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:51,200
Very well, as you wish.
631
00:54:51,200 --> 00:54:52,900
Good boy.
632
00:54:54,500 --> 00:54:56,200
Excellent.
633
00:54:59,900 --> 00:55:01,800
You're smiling, miss adams.
634
00:55:01,800 --> 00:55:04,400
Do I not have reason to
be happy, colonel smith?
635
00:55:04,500 --> 00:55:07,200
Our family is so rarely together.
636
00:55:07,300 --> 00:55:10,200
Your brothers seem to
be men of good spirit,
637
00:55:10,200 --> 00:55:12,100
Charles especially.
638
00:55:12,200 --> 00:55:15,000
My brother charles can
be rather incorrigible.
639
00:55:15,100 --> 00:55:17,300
He can be as headstrong as father.
640
00:55:17,300 --> 00:55:20,200
Mr. Adams has the vitality
of a much younger man.
641
00:55:20,300 --> 00:55:23,500
Some days it's all I can
do to keep up with him.
642
00:55:23,600 --> 00:55:25,800
Father says you commanded
a regiment of our army.
643
00:55:25,800 --> 00:55:29,200
Yes, I had the honor to
serve under general Washington,
644
00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:31,000
At long island.
645
00:55:31,000 --> 00:55:32,800
Perhaps you will allow me to divert you
646
00:55:32,800 --> 00:55:35,700
With stories from the campaign,
647
00:55:35,700 --> 00:55:38,400
If you would not find them too dull.
648
00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:43,000
That depends on the telling,
does it not, Colonel Smith?
649
00:55:43,000 --> 00:55:44,700
650
00:55:57,300 --> 00:55:59,800
Abigail.
651
00:56:04,400 --> 00:56:07,400
Here's a fine culmination
to all my years of service--
652
00:56:09,100 --> 00:56:11,600
Fewer than half the votes
of the electoral college.
653
00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:17,200
General Washington, is
unanimously acclaimed
654
00:56:17,300 --> 00:56:18,800
President with 69 votes,
655
00:56:18,900 --> 00:56:22,700
Whereas I apparently am scorned
by all but 34 of the electors.
656
00:56:22,700 --> 00:56:27,200
John, there are two, four, six, eight,
657
00:56:27,200 --> 00:56:28,600
10 other names here.
658
00:56:28,600 --> 00:56:31,800
You have more votes than
all of them put together.
659
00:56:31,900 --> 00:56:35,200
- And John jay comes in third with
nine. - Nonetheless, I consider--
660
00:56:35,300 --> 00:56:37,600
I consider such a showing
a stain upon my character.
661
00:56:37,600 --> 00:56:40,500
- John!
- I will not and I cannot accept it.
662
00:56:44,000 --> 00:56:45,600
John...
663
00:56:47,500 --> 00:56:50,100
You are vice president now.
664
00:56:56,000 --> 00:56:58,300
Vice president.
665
00:57:10,600 --> 00:57:13,200
I am vice president now, hmm?
666
00:57:21,400 --> 00:57:25,300
Mr. Vice President.
667
00:57:25,300 --> 00:57:28,900
- Mrs. Vice president.
- Vice president adams.
668
00:57:28,900 --> 00:57:32,500
669
00:57:32,600 --> 00:57:35,400
Mr. Vice President!
670
00:57:47,100 --> 00:57:51,000
Unaccustomed to refuse
any public service,
671
00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:54,000
However dangerous to my reputation
672
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:57,500
Or disproportionate to my talents...
673
00:58:00,100 --> 00:58:01,900
It would have been inconsistent
674
00:58:01,900 --> 00:58:04,600
To have adopted a
different maxim of conduct
675
00:58:04,600 --> 00:58:06,500
At this time.
676
00:58:07,900 --> 00:58:10,100
And yet--
And yet,
677
00:58:10,100 --> 00:58:11,800
I feel a great difficulty
678
00:58:11,800 --> 00:58:14,200
As to how to act.
679
00:58:15,500 --> 00:58:17,700
I am vice president, yes.
680
00:58:17,700 --> 00:58:20,400
And in this I am nothing.
681
00:58:20,500 --> 00:58:23,400
But I may be everything.
682
00:58:24,300 --> 00:58:26,500
683
00:58:26,500 --> 00:58:29,900
684
00:58:44,800 --> 00:58:46,100
Ah.
685
00:58:51,600 --> 00:58:55,100
Well, general, uh...
686
00:58:57,600 --> 00:58:59,600
Uh, you are--
You are here.
687
00:58:59,600 --> 00:59:02,500
I am, mr. Adams.
688
00:59:05,300 --> 00:59:07,600
Um...
689
00:59:10,300 --> 00:59:11,600
Yes.
690
00:59:11,600 --> 00:59:13,700
Um,
691
00:59:13,800 --> 00:59:16,200
Yes, we, uh, we are
692
00:59:16,200 --> 00:59:19,400
Ready to administer
the oath of office, sir.
693
00:59:23,200 --> 00:59:25,600
I am at your service.
694
00:59:35,400 --> 00:59:38,300
695
00:59:49,000 --> 00:59:52,200
696
01:00:08,400 --> 01:00:10,100
Boy: thank you, sir.
697
01:00:18,400 --> 01:00:20,400
General, if you will please
698
01:00:20,500 --> 01:00:23,000
Place your left hand on the bible
699
01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:25,500
And raise your right hand.
700
01:00:29,800 --> 01:00:31,900
Repeat after me.
701
01:00:31,900 --> 01:00:36,600
I, George Washington,,
do solemnly swear...
702
01:00:38,200 --> 01:00:42,700
I, George Washington, do solemnly swear...
703
01:00:42,700 --> 01:00:46,200
...that I will faithfully execute
704
01:00:46,300 --> 01:00:50,300
The office of President
of the United States...
705
01:00:50,300 --> 01:00:52,300
...that I will faithfully execute
706
01:00:52,300 --> 01:00:56,100
The office of President
707
01:00:56,200 --> 01:00:57,800
Of the United States...
708
01:00:57,800 --> 01:01:01,700
...and will, to the
best of my ability...
709
01:01:01,700 --> 01:01:06,000
...and will, to the
best of my ability...
710
01:01:06,100 --> 01:01:10,100
...preserve protect, and defend...
711
01:01:10,100 --> 01:01:14,400
...preserve protect, and defend...
712
01:01:14,500 --> 01:01:18,200
...the constitution
of the United States!
713
01:01:19,700 --> 01:01:23,500
...the constitution
of the United States...
714
01:01:25,700 --> 01:01:27,800
So help me, god.
715
01:01:34,700 --> 01:01:36,400
It is done.
716
01:01:36,400 --> 01:01:38,800
God bless George Washington,
717
01:01:38,800 --> 01:01:41,200
President of the United States!
718
01:01:41,200 --> 01:01:44,100
719
01:02:10,600 --> 01:02:12,900
A fine day. A fine day.