Date: August 4, 1778
"Behold! the soul shall waft away, / Whene'er we come to die, / And leave its cottage made of clay, / In twinkling of an eye."
preview | full record— Hammon, Jupiter (1711-c.1800)
Date: 1787
"They will not always expertly distinguish the several species of geniuses, the golden, the silver, the brazen, and the iron."
preview | full record— Adams, John (1735-1826)