John Adams: Boston over Philly
Former President John Adams, with whom my church has a unique relationship (he, his son, and their wives are in the basement), in a diary entry on October 9, 1774, saidPhyladelphia with all its Trade, and Wealth, and Regularity is not Boston. The Morals of our People are much better, their Manners are more polite, and agreable -- they are purer English. Our Language is better, our Persons are handsomer, our Spirit is greater, our Laws are wiser, our Religion is superiour, our Education is better. We exceed them in every Thing, but in a Markett, and in charitable public foundations.Thanks to Socinian for pointing that one out.
posted by Paul Wilczynski @ 7:52 AM
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