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NAPOLEON HILL THINK AND GROW RICH

Before the Assembly adjourned, Samuel Adams was appointed to call on the Gov-
ernor of the Province, Hutchinson, and demand the withdrawal of the British
troops. The request was granted, the troops were removed from Boston, but the
incident was not closed. It had caused a situation destined to change the entire
trend of civilization. Strange, is it not, how the great changes, such as the Ameri-
can Revolution, and the World War, often have their beginnings in circumstances
which seem unimportant? It is interesting, also, to observe that these important
changes usually begin in the form of a DEFINITE DECISION in the minds of a
relatively small number of people. Few of us know the history of our country well
enough to realize that John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Richard Henry Lee (of
the Province of Virginia) were the real Fathers of our Country.

Richard Henry Lee became an important factor in this story by reason of the fact
that he and Samuel Adams communicated frequently (by correspondence), shar-
ing freely their fears and their hopes concerning the welfare of the people of their
Provinces. From this practice, Adams conceived the idea that a mutual exchange
of letters between the thirteen Colonies might help to bring about the coordina-
tion of effort so badly needed in connection with the solution of their problems.
Two years after the clash with the soldiers in Boston (March "72), Adams pre-
sented this idea to the Assembly, in the form of a motion that a Correspondence
Committee be established among the Colonies, with definitely appointed corre-
spondents in each Colony, "for the purpose of friendly cooperation for the better-
ment of the Colonies of British America."

Mark well this incident! It was the beginning of the organization of the far-flung
POWER destined to give freedom to you, and to me. The Master Mind had already
been organized. It consisted of Adams, Lee, and Hancock. "I tell you further, that
if two of you agree upon the earth concerning anything for which you ask, it will
come to you from My Father, who is in Heaven."

The Committee of Correspondence was organized. Observe that this move pro-
vided the way for increasing the power of the Master Mind by adding to it men
from all the Colonies. Take notice that this procedure constituted the first OR-
GANIZED PLANNING of the disgruntled Colonists.

In union there is strength! The citizens of the Colonies had been waging disorgan-
ized warfare against the British soldiers, through incidents similar to the Boston
riot, but nothing of benefit had been accomplished. Their individual grievances
had not been consolidated under one Master Mind. No group of individuals had
put their hearts, minds, souls, and bodies together in one definite DECISION to
settle their difficulty with the British once and for all, until Adams, Hancock, and
Lee got together.