. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . ne. That was the man, Uncle Tom assented. And that was the he lived, and in a green plot beyond us, just below the head of Winterstreet,— the Old Granary Burying-Ground it is called, — he lies buried. Close to his old home, remarked Christine; and we can see bothplaces. Isnt it interesting? THE SITE OF THE HOME OF SAMUEL Winter Place, Boston. IN BOSTON TOWN I I What relation was he to John Adams, Uncle Tom? Bert brother? No; John Adams was his second cousin, I be
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . ne. That was the man, Uncle Tom assented. And that was the he lived, and in a green plot beyond us, just below the head of Winterstreet,— the Old Granary Burying-Ground it is called, — he lies buried. Close to his old home, remarked Christine; and we can see bothplaces. Isnt it interesting? THE SITE OF THE HOME OF SAMUEL Winter Place, Boston. IN BOSTON TOWN I I What relation was he to John Adams, Uncle Tom? Bert brother? No; John Adams was his second cousin, I believe, Uncle Tom re-plied. This Samuel Adams was a great man, boys and girls, thoughwithout the calmness, the coolness, or the judgment of his greater tell us that Samuel Adams was the architect of ruin, and JohnAdams the organizer of law. That means, I suppose, said Roger, that Samuel just tore thingsdown and John built things up, doesnt it ? That s about it, Uncle Tom answered. But an old building mustbe pulled down before you can build a grand new one in its place. Samuel. :??* OLD DOCK SQUARE (NOW ADAMS SQUARE).A famous old Boston site. Faneuil Hall in the distance, the Adams statue in the foreground. Adams was a rebel against the English crown from boyhood, although hisfather was a tax-collector for the government, and Adams himself filledsuch a position for a time. When he graduated from Harvard in 1740, hiscommencement oration was a plea for resistance to tyranny. He held tothat belief all through life. He was the leader and chosen representativeof the people—the tribune of the yeomanry, some one has called ursred on the embattled farmers of Lexington and Concord to fire THE -CENTURY BOOK OF FAMOUS AMERICANS the shot heard round the world, of whichyou possibly know something — Emerson wrote that, said Rogerin earnest undertone. Tell me something new, Roger,my son, said Jack. Do youthink we never went to school? Samuel Adams was fear-i les
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