SOURCE: “John Adams's Autobiography: The Ciceronian Paradigm and the Quest for Fame,” in New England Quarterly, Vol. 62, No. 4, December, 1989, pp. 505-28.
In the following essay, Farrell investigates Adams's concern with his historical reputation, a concern made evident in his Autobiography.
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