...passports to Dupont de Nemours or any other French philosophers, in the present situation of our country.1 We have had too many French philosophers already,...I hope he conjectures equally well of the English. Inclosed is a letter, received last night, from Mr. Higginaon, of September 18th, which I recommend...

...French philosophers already, and I really begin to think, or rather to suspect, that learned academics, not under the immediate inspection and control of...that it has no disposition to give any encouragement to.the mission of the Directory. I hope he conjectures equally well of the English. Inclosed is a letter,...

...asserted. 8 ! The Conservative * : Reaction We have iiad too many French phiJosophers already, and Í really begin to think, or rather to suspect, that...the world, and are incompatible with social order. JOHN ADAMS, 1798 The exuberance with which many plain people and their leaders hailed the French Revolution,...

...influences of French deism and atheism, materialism and revolutionary attitudes. Adams said in 1798: We have had too many French philosophers already,...the world, and are incompatible with social order." Americans were, at root, conservative. The American Revolution had not been universally supported in...

...position on the part of intellectuals is not new. As early as 1798, President John Adams concluded that "learned academies, not under the immediate inspection and control of government . . . are incompatible with social order."4 American intellectual arenas have been centers of opposition,...

...think, or rather to suspect, that learned Academics not under the immediate Inspection and Controll of Government have disorganized the world and are incompatible with Social order." Josephine Martin of the Passport Office supplied the information presented on these pages. The photographs...