The Boston Common Schools
The Boston Common Schools were the pride of the town. They were most jealously guarded, and were opened each day with public prayer.
They were the nurseries of a true democracy. In them the men who played the most important part in the Revolutionary period received their early education.
The Adamses, Chancey, Cooper, Cushing, Hancock, Mayhew, Warren, and the rest breathed their bracing atmosphere.