• Charles Francis Adams, The Nineteenth Century ...

  Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 28, 2008 (message contributor)

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Charles Francis Adams, the nineteenth century political figure and diplomat, kept a diary. One day he entered: "Went fishing with my son today—a day wasted."

His son, Brook Adams, also kept a diary, which is still in existence. On that same day Brook Adams made this entry: "Went fishing with my father—the most wonderful day of my life!"

SOURCE: Silas Shotwell, Homemade, September, 1987.