Adams loved the speeches of Cicero, reading them aloud to himself at night. He wrote in his diary that

The Sweetness and Grandeur of his sounds, and the Harmony of his Numbers give Pleasure enough to reward the Reading of if one understood none of his meaning. Besides I find it, a noble Exercise. It exercises my Lungs, raises my Spirits, opens my Porr, quickens the Circulations, and so contributes much to Health.

Why in Adams’s diary did he capitalize seemingly random words?

What piece of literature, or reading, do you have that raises your spirits like Cicero’s speeches did Adams?

If none come to mind, find one.

Ricks, Thomas E.. First Principles: What America’s Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country. United States, HarperCollins, 2020. pp50