Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
ABIGAIL ADAMSI am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, ‘Give, give.’
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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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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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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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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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Dark and sour humours, especially those which have a spice of malevolence in them, are vastly disagreeable. Such men have no music in their souls.
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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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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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But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.
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Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to.
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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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Some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
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That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute
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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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A people fired with love of their country and of liberty, a zeal for the public good, and a noble emulation of glory, will not be disheartened or dispirited by a succession of unfortunate events.
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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