Young John, breathing the air of independence, scorned to let his life and property depend upon the pleasure of British lords and a British ministry, or to be excluded from the right of trial by a jury of his neighbours, or of taxation by his own representatives.
This quote illustrates the strong desire for independence and self-governance among young patriots during the Revolution.
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Let us agree to put contentions aside and complete our task.
And, Governor Seward, I have made it, though it be conceited in me to say so.
This is the spirit in which I have determined for myself to come up to this great question, and to pass through it.
As he lived, so he died, a strange, lonely, unhappy man, out of tune with the beautiful world in which he was permitted to exist upward of four score years.
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