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[笔记，资料] 亚当斯写信给阿比盖尔：我的儿子们应该学习数学和哲学、地理、自然历史、造船、航海、商业和农业

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[笔记，资料] 亚当斯写信给阿比盖尔：我的儿子们应该学习数学和哲学、地理、自然历史、造船、航海、商业和农业

亚当斯： John Adams, 1735-10-30 ~ 1826-07-04, 91

阿比盖尔： Abigail Adams, 1744-11-22(11-11 Old Style) ~ 1818-10-28, 73

Née: Abigail Smith

John Adams Writes to Abigail john-and-abigail.jpg

图1 JOHN ADAMS WRITES TO ABIGAIL: ‘I MUST STUDY POLITICKS AND WAR’

约翰·亚当斯写信给阿比盖尔：我必须研究政治和战争

https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/john-and-abigail.png

https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/john-adams-writes-to-abigail-i-must-study-politicks-and-war/

要点 Fast Facts：

（1）我：政治、战争，

（2）儿子们：数学、哲学、地理、自然历史、造船、航海、商业、农业，

（3）孙子们：绘画、诗歌、音乐、建筑、雕塑、挂毯、瓷器。

一、信件的原文节选

https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/john-adams-writes-to-abigail-i-must-study-politicks-and-war/

On May 12, 1780, he posted a letter from Paris to Abigail describing rural scenes, gardens and palaces. Then he concluded:

I could fill Volumes with Descriptions of Temples and Palaces, Paintings, Sculptures, Tapestry, Porcelaine, &c. &c. &c. — if I could have time. But I could not do this without neglecting my duty. The Science of Government it is my Duty to study, more than all other Sciences: the Art of Legislation and Administration and Negotiation, ought to take Place, indeed to exclude in a manner all other Arts. I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy. My sons ought to study Mathematicks and Philosophy, Geography, natural History, Naval Architecture, navigation, Commerce and Agriculture, in order to give their Children a right to study Painting, Poetry, Musick, Architecture, Statuary, Tapestry and Porcelaine.

https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/john-adams-writes-to-abigail-i-must-study-politicks-and-war/

1780年5月12日，他从巴黎给阿比盖尔寄了一封信，描述了乡村风光、花园和宫殿。然后他总结道：

如果我有时间的话，我可以把关于寺庙和宫殿、绘画、雕塑、挂毯、瓷器等的描述填满这些书。但我不能这样做而不疏忽我的职责。我有责任研究政府科学，而不是其他所有科学：立法、行政和谈判的艺术应该发生，事实上，应该以一种方式排除所有其他艺术。我必须学习政治和战争，这样我的儿子们才能自由地学习数学和哲学。我的儿子们应该学习数学和哲学、地理、自然历史、造船、航海、商业和农业，以便让他们的孩子有权学习绘画、诗歌、音乐、建筑、雕塑、挂毯和瓷器。