AndshouldthelanguageofEnglandcontinuestationary，weshallprobablyenlargeouremploymentofit，untilitsnewcharactermayseparateitinnameaswellasinpower，fromthemother-tongue。
Althoughthecopiousnessofalanguagemaynotinstrictnessmakeapartofitsgrammar，yetitcannotbedeemedforeigntoageneralcourseoflecturesonitsstructureandcharacter；andthesubjecthavingbeenpresentedtomymindbytheoccasionofyourletter，Ihaveindulgedmyselfinitsspeculation，andhazardedtoyouwhathasoccurred，withtheassuranceofmygreatrespect。
THECODEOFJESUS
_ToJohnAdams_
_Monticello，Oct。12，1813_