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Adams thus expressed his opinion of the state of public affairs: "The late session of Congress has been painful to me beyond all former experience, by the demonstration it has given of degenerating institutions.
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gutenberg.orgJosiah Quincy: “Adams thus expressed his opinion of the state of public affairs: "The late session of Congress has been painful to me…”
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Quincy shares his distress over the decline of institutions during a congressional session.
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