When a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant
ABIGAIL ADAMSI 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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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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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 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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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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May justice and righteousness be the stability of our times, and order arise out of confusion. Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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And bless the tranquil inhabitants, equally guarded and protected, in person and property, in this happy Country, as those who reside in the most elegant and costly dwellings.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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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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I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
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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 expect to inherit the blessings of our Fathers, we should return a little more to their primitive Simplicity of Manners.
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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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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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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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