Besides its clergy, Boston showed a literary group, led by Ticknor, Prescott, Longfellow, Motley, O. W. Holmes; but Mr. Adams was not one of them; as a rule they were much too Websterian.

除了神职人员，波士顿还有一个文学团体，由蒂克诺、普雷斯科特、朗费罗、莫特利和 O. W. 霍姆斯领导；但是亚当斯先生不是他们中的一员。通常他们过于韦伯斯特主义。