Build Upon the Rock: Letters of John Quincy Adams to His Son on the Bible and Its Teachings - Paperback

John Quincy Adams, son of President John and Abigail Adams, was one of America's most distinguished statesmen who served his country as a treaty negotiator, as both United States Senator and Representative (from Massachusetts), President of the United States, and ambassador to foreign nations. From his youth, John Quincy accompanied his father on diplomatic missions to France and the Netherlands, and by the age of fourteen was a secretary on a diplomatic mission to Russia. Under the influence of his father, European institutions (such as Leiden University), as well as his alma mater, Harvard, John Quincy became proficient in Latin and Greek languages and the Greco-Roman classics. John Quincy Adams was one of the most scholarly and godly presidents to ever served America in this office.