The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
ABIGAIL ADAMSIs it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
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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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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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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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History is not a web woven with innocent hands. Among all the causes which degrade and demoralize men, power is the most constant and most active.
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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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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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I can hear of the brilliant accomplishments of any of my sex with pleasure and rejoice in that liberality of sentiment which acknowledges them.
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Heaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their parents.
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Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
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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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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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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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Some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
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To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
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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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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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Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.
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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
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What is the history of mighty kingdoms and nations, but a detail of the ravages and cruelties of the powerful over the weak?
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I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
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The only chance for much intellectual improvement in the female sex, was to be found in the families of the educated class and in occasional intercourse with the learned.
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I’ve always felt that a person’s intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.
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