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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.

Abigail Adams

The reins of government have been so long slackened, that I fear the people will not quietly submit to those restraints which are necessary for the peace and security of the community.
ABIGAIL ADAMS

Government Long People Restraint Stacked Submit
Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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Character Hero Life Stateman Walk
I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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Convinced Dangerous Grasping Man More
I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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Acknowledge Myself Religion Unitarian
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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Estimation Fear God Man Moral Paradox Patriot Real Religion
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
If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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Hero Learn Mean Philosopher Statemen Women
Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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Accomplishment Arise Benefit Great Women
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
I 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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Convicted Creature Dangerous Few Man Power Vested Wisdom
The great fish swallow up the small; and he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of government.
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Fish Government Most People Power Right Strenuous Swallow Vested
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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Character Genius Heart Hero Life Pacific Repose Time
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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Blessing Children Country Family Heaven Ornament
If much depends as is allowed upon the early Education of youth and the first principals which are instill’d take the deepest root
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Allow Deepest Depend Early Education Root Youth
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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Believe Bustle Desirable Life Man Situation
The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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Born Challenge Contending Habit Mind Vigorous

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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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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