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.
ABIGAIL ADAMSThe 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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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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My Dear Son… remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.
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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God.
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Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
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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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When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian – Believing that the Father alone, is the supreme God, and that Jesus Christ derived his Being, and all his powers and honors from the Father
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.
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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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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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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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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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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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