The American History Collection > The Adams Papers Digital Edition > Earliest Diary and Autobiography of John Adams > Volume 1, June 1753 – April 1754, September 1758 – January 1759 > Documents > [1758] > [Diary narratives] > [A Letter to Richard Cranch about Orlinda, a Letter on Employing One’s Mind, and Reflections on Procrastination, Genius, Moving the Passions, Cicero as Orator, Milton’s Style, &c., October–December 1758.]