When a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant
ABIGAIL ADAMSI desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
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And bless the tranquil inhabitants, equally guarded and protected, in person and property, in this happy Country, as those who reside in the most elegant and costly dwellings.
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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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Its never to late to get back on your feet though we wont live forever make sure you accomplish what you were put here for
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But I dare say you have not been so inattentive an observer, as to suppose that Sweet peace, and contentment, cannot inhabit the lowly roof
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Great learning and superior abilities…will be of little value and small estimation unless virtue, honor, truth, and integrity are added to them.
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If we expect to inherit the blessings of our Fathers, we should return a little more to their primitive Simplicity of Manners.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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O, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in them.
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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would be wise and virtuous, Benevolent and kind.
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You cannot know, should I discribe to you; the feelings of a parent . Four years have already past away since you left your native land, and this rural Cottage
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The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves and all our hopes and expectations to the public weal!
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