Tim Romano wrote:
>
> The so-called prose of several centuries is concerned with--or at least
> your teachers will recommend it for --"sentence structure".  (ABC of
> Reading, ch. 8, "Basis").
>
> The fundamental article of my political creed is that despotism, or
> unlimited sovereignty, or absolute power, is the same in a majority of a
> popular assembly, an aristocratic council, an oligarchical junto, and a
> single emperor.
> -- John Adams, Letter to Thomas Jefferson [November 13, 1815]
>
> Carrol, 'the majority of a popular assembly' can be another form of despotism.
> Tim Romano

Right! And its one of those points that makesd one kick oneself for not
having seen it before.

Oh well! I got a good early morning chuckle out of it.

Carrol

P.S. And the only text of Adams I own is, precisely, the Letters of
Adams & Jefferson  I haven't read it for years, however.