...independence.” His praise was in every mouth. On July 3, Adams wrote two letters to his wife. In one he said: “Yesterday the greatest question was decided which...perhaps never was nor will be decided among men.” In the other: “The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America....

...day the mind of John Adams heaved like the ocean after a storm. "The greatest question," he wrote, "was decided which ever was debated in America, and...perhaps, never was nor will be decided among men. When I look back to 17C1, and run through the series of political events, the chain of causes and effects,...

...tried men's souls." John Adams said, on the day the declaration was passed: "The greatest question is decided which ever was debated in America, and a greater...perhaps never was, nor will be, decided among men. When I look back to 1761, and run through the series of political events, the chain of causes and effects,...

...greatest question was decided that ever was debated in America; and greater, perhaps, never was or will be decided among men. A resolution was passed...without one dissenting colony, ' that these United States are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states." The day is passed. The fourth of...

...day the mind of John Adams heaved like the ocean after a storm. "The greatest question," he wrote, "was decided, which ever was debated in America ; and a greater, perhaps never was nor never will be decided among men. When I look back to 1761, and run through the series of political...

...thought and expression that moved us from our seats." f And now that " the greatest question has been decided which ever was debated in America, and a greater perhaps never was or will be decided among men," The United Colonies were decreed a political unit of the United States...

...event is to be found in a letter by John Adams to his wife, dated July 3, 1776. He writes as follows: " Yesterday the greatest question was decided which...perhaps, never was nor will be decided among men. . . . When I look back to 1761, . . . and recollect the series of political events, the chain of causes...

...day the mind of John Adams heaved like the ocean after a storm. "The greatest question," he wrote, "was decided which ever was debated in America, and...perhaps, never was nor will be decided among men. When I look back to 1761, and run through the series of political events, the chain of causes and effects,...

...event is to be found in a letter by John Adams to his wife, dated July 3, 1776. He writes as follows: " Yesterday the greatest question was decided which...perhaps, never was nor will be decided among men. . . . When I look back to 1761, . . . and recollect the series of political events, the chain of causes...

...event is to be found in a letter by John Adams to his wife, dated July 3, I 776. He writes as follows: “Yesterday the greatest question was decided which...perhaps, never was nor will be decided among men. . When I look back to 1761,. . . and recollect the series of political events, the chain of causes...