Passage?

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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

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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)