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Adams was heard above the tumult: 'I intend to put the question myself!' That word brought order out of chaos.
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gutenberg.orgJosiah Quincy: “Adams was heard above the tumult: 'I intend to put the question myself!' That word brought order out of chaos.”
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Quincy recounts how Adams asserted his authority to put a question to the assembly, bringing order to the chaos.
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