, the novels of samuel richardson. and to be reminded of how terrific they were. what wonderful writers. we talk about progress in heaven knows we live with the benefit of progress all the time. certainly will me go to the dentist. [laughter] when i think of poor john adams at the end of his life not a tooth in his head. every one of them had to have been polled. long before novocain. we have a certain vanity, and a certain arrogance about progress. when you read what they wrote in the 18th century, i don't think anybody does it any better today. or even as well. i will tell you something else that ought to make us all sit up and shape up. should higher in their time than it is today. what a disgrace that is. what good wake, a lot of work still has to be done about that the books they read, affected their lives as they do our lives and our time. they affected the notion of truth, heroism, right, wrong, how to write a letter. john adams for example advise young john quincy don't try to write literature when you write a

and those that are required to read those english courses and hope and swift and the novels of samuel richardson. had to be reminded of how terrific they were. what wonderful writers. we talk about progress in heaven knows we live with the benefits of all time when we go to the dentist. [laughter] not a tooth in his head. [laughter] they had them all pulled. long before novocain. but we have a search and vanity but when you read what they wrote in the 18th century, i don't think anybody does it any better today or as well. and i will tell you something else that will make us all set up and shape up that the literacy rate in massachusetts was higher in their time than it is today. what a disgrace that is. and what good work and a lot of work still has to be done about that. the books that they read, that affected their lives as they do our lives and our time , they affected the notion of truth, heroism, right and wrong and how you write a letter he advised young john quincy don't strain for thrills and fancy affect, right the way you talk. so when you read his letters and to a very large degree y

post" this summer to go back and read all those that were required to read those courses with samuel richardson. and then to be reminded how terrific they were. and to talk about five on - - progress and limit with the benefits of progress. like when we go to the dentist. [laughter] think of john adams everyone had been pulled. and that certain insanity like for the 18th century and i will tell you something else that should make a shape up. the literacy rate was higher in their time than it is today. what a lot of work still has to be done about that. and that affected their lives with that notion of truth and heroism how you write a letter. don't try to write literature when you write a letter. and then you read those letters and then you hear them talk. one of the things i've done my books and particularly in this book and then to let them talk as much as possible. and the figures of speech in the cadence and that personality and style. abigail was hugely influenced by richardson especially the great novel carissa which was the most popular novel of the 1h century and she wrote an interestin