"Commodore" Martin Attic Adams, was a great poet, artist and philosopher. He was born the son of James and Bridget (Pendergast) Adams. Mr.Adams came to America in 1868 when he was 21 years old. He located in Jersey City, New Jersey, where he learned the stone cutter's trade and also that of a mason. For three winters he attended evening classes at Cooper Institute, in New York City, then in 1872 enlarged his experience by a trip to the West, locating for a time in St.Louis, Missouri, and later in Des Moines, Iowa. In 1876 he returned to Jersey City and engaged in the monument business, he was very successful. His family spirit was also strong, and that the family monument he erected in a cemetery of the Holy Name is one of the finest in the world. Mr.Adams was also invested in the work of the italian inventor and friend, Juan J. Tomadelli, who developed an electronic lamp with no wires that would burn for three years. Mr. Adams real talent was his poetry. "It may be that I dreamed a dream, it may be that I saw. The forecast of a time to come, by some supernatural law. I seemed to dwell in this same world, and in this modern time: Yet nowhere was there sight or sound of poverty or crime. All strife had ceased, men were disarmed, and quiet peace had made A thousand avenues for toil, in place of war's grim trade. From East to West, from North to South, were highways smooth and broad. Tied church and state, the waste lands bloomed like garden spots of God. It may be that I dreamed a dream, It may be that I saw."
"Commodore" Martin Attic Adams, was a great poet, artist and philosopher. He was born the son of James and Bridget (Pendergast) Adams. Mr.Adams came to America in 1868 when he was 21 years old. He located in Jersey City, New Jersey, where he learned the stone cutter's trade and also that of a mason. For three winters he attended evening classes at Cooper Institute, in New York City, then in 1872 enlarged his experience by a trip to the West, locating for a time in St.Louis, Missouri, and later in Des Moines, Iowa. In 1876 he returned to Jersey City and engaged in the monument business, he was very successful. His family spirit was also strong, and that the family monument he erected in a cemetery of the Holy Name is one of the finest in the world. Mr.Adams was also invested in the work of the italian inventor and friend, Juan J. Tomadelli, who developed an electronic lamp with no wires that would burn for three years. Mr. Adams real talent was his poetry. "It may be that I dreamed a dream, it may be that I saw. The forecast of a time to come, by some supernatural law. I seemed to dwell in this same world, and in this modern time: Yet nowhere was there sight or sound of poverty or crime. All strife had ceased, men were disarmed, and quiet peace had made A thousand avenues for toil, in place of war's grim trade. From East to West, from North to South, were highways smooth and broad. Tied church and state, the waste lands bloomed like garden spots of God. It may be that I dreamed a dream, It may be that I saw."
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