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Question

I"m searching for a quotation that goes something like this: "I study war and politics so that my children can study engineering and architecture so that their children can study art and poetry." Can any one point me to the source of this ???? Thanks, Marcus

Answer 1

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty
to study mathematics and philosophy.
My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history,
naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture
in order to give their children a right to study painting,
poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.
--John Adams (1735-1826)

Answer 2

"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain."
-- John Adams

Answer 3

William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) became an English playwright and poet.Love for love--The play is a comical farce enlivened through its witty communicate and its humorous characters, and perchance more desirable valuable in its day than the way of the international, now seen Congreve's ideal play. so a procedures as my knoledge is going the citation is from his Love for love.