ABSTRACT
The young school teacher at Worcester was a vigorous, positive fellow. He was as emphatic as he looked—of stocky but muscular build, ruddy complexion, red-gold hair, direct blue eyes. In the first place, although he was a sensitive, disputatious youth who wore his feelings and his opinions on his sleeve, he was also a young man who delighted in the company of other people. This young John Adams was an enthusiastic observer of humanity. The method by which John Adams took his legal education was standard for a Massachusetts man and indeed for most young men of any colony. It was the usual practice for prospective lawyers to serve a period of apprenticeship in the office of a reputable member of the bar. John Adams was a young man of deep ties with England. By ancestry, education and profession he had every reason to have the most profound affection for and loyalty to England.
