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Thus did Otis lay a foundation for independence.
His
words were as a penetrating fire, kindling the souls of his hearers.
The majority of the judges were awestruck, and believed him in the right.
Hutchinson cowered before him, as ‘the great incendiary’ of New England.
The crowded audience seemed ready to take up arms against the arbitrary enforcement of the restrictive system; especially the youngest barrister in the colony, the choleric John Adams, a stubborn and honest lover of his country, extensively learned and a bold thinker, listened in rapt admiration, and caught the inspiration which was to call forth his own
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1859.
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