John Adams, 1774, “The magnanimity and public spirit”

JOHN ADAMS, entry in his diary, 1774, during the first Continental Congress in Philadelphia:

There is in the Congress a collection of the greatest men upon this continent in point of abilities, virtues, and fortunes. The magnanimity and public spirit which I see here make me blush for the sordid, venal herd.

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