. The story of the Hall of fame, including the lives and portraits of the elect and of those who barely missed election. Also a list of America's most eligible women. s a young man, John Adams seems not to have cher-ished any very lofty ambition, or if he did, to have kept it inthe background. He had quite a time deciding what hewould be. He was at first very much inclined to theministry, and while he was debating the subject, he obtainedthe position of Master of the Grammar School at Worcester,Massachusetts, where he began to teach in the early autumnof 1/55. During the year, he decided for t
. The story of the Hall of fame, including the lives and portraits of the elect and of those who barely missed election. Also a list of America's most eligible women. s a young man, John Adams seems not to have cher-ished any very lofty ambition, or if he did, to have kept it inthe background. He had quite a time deciding what hewould be. He was at first very much inclined to theministry, and while he was debating the subject, he obtainedthe position of Master of the Grammar School at Worcester,Massachusetts, where he began to teach in the early autumnof 1/55. During the year, he decided for the law August 21, 1756, he made his decision, and on the nextday he wrote gravely in his diary: Yesterday I completed a contract with Mr. Putnamto study law under his inspection for two years. . .Necessity drove me to this determination, but my inclina-tion, I think, was to preach; however, that would not I set out with firm resolutions, I think, never to commitany meanness or injustice in the practice of law. The studyand practice of law, I am sure, does not dissolve the obli-gations of morality or of religion; and. although the reason 300. of my quitting divinity was my opinion concerning somedisputed points, I hope I shall not give reason of offenseto any in that profession by imprudent warmth/ He began his law studies August 23, and pursued themwith such devotion that in October, 1758, he was ready tobegin business, and made a journey to Boston to consultwith Jeremiah Gridley, the great Boston lawyer of that day,and ask his advice as to the beginning of the practiceof law. Gridley was very kind to the young man, whoseems to have approached the elder gentleman with becom-ing humility. Adams diary is the mirror which reflectstheir conversation. Among other pieces of advice, the shrewd old lawyergave to the youngster these two: first, to pursue thestudy of law rather than the gain of it; pursue the gain ofit enough to keep out of the briars, but give your mai
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