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.
ABIGAIL ADAMSWhen a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant
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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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To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
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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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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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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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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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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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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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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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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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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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