“Who can study in Boston Streets? I am unable to observe the various objects that I meet, with sufficient precision. My Eyes are so diverted with Chimney Sweeps, Carriers of Wood, Merchants, Ladies, Priests, Carts, Horses, Oxen, Coaches, Market men and Women, Soldiers, Sailors, and my Ears with the Rattle Gabble of them all that I can’t think long enough in the Street upon any one Thing to start and pursue a thought.”
— John Adams, The Diary and Autobiography of John Adams. 3 years ago
