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These are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.

Abigail Adams

Every object is beautiful in motion; a ship under sail, trees gently agitated with the wind, and a fine woman dancing, are three instances in point
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Agitated Beautiful Dancing Fine Motion Nature Object Under Wind Woman
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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Arbitrary Broken Promise Heart Liable Power
The Character which a youth acquires in the early part of his Life is of great importance towards his future prosperity-one false step may prove irretrievable to his future usefulness.
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Acquire Character Future Importance May Step
Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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Character Hero Life Stateman Walk
When a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant
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Animated Dormant Engage Heart Mind Quality Raised Scene
A people may let a king fall, yet still remain a people, but if a king let his people slip from him, he is no longer a king.
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Fall King People Remain. Longer Slip
These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.
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Calm Character Endurance Genius Life Wish
May your mind be thoroughly impressed with the absolute necessity of universal virtue and goodness, as the only sure road to happiness, and may you walk therein with undeviating steps.
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Children Country Goodness Grant Impress May Mind Ornament Step Universal
I feel anxious for the fate of our monarchy, or democracy, or whatever is to take place. I soon get lost in a labyrinth of perplexities; but, whatever occurs
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Anxious Democracy Fate Monarchy Order Perseverance Place Take
The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Contending Difficulty Formed Great Habit Vigorous
Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Fruit Lesson Penetration Retirement Wisdom
To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
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Comprise Duty Few Good Man Whole Word
The heart is long, very long in receiving the convictions that is forced upon it by reason… affection still lingers in the Bosom, even after esteem has taken its flight.
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Affection Conviction Heart Love Reason Receiving Taken
I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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Acknowledge Myself Religion Unitarian
Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
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Arise Disappointment False Forming Notion Unhappiness
It is to me a most affecting thing to hear myself prayed for, in particular as I do every day in the week, and disposes me to bear with more composure
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Affecting Bear Circumstance Dispose Hear Most Week

These are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.

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These are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.

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