Heaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their parents.
ABIGAIL ADAMSYou 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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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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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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My Dear Son… remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.
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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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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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Its never to late to get back on your feet though we wont live forever make sure you accomplish what you were put here for
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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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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.
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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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The heart is long, very long in receiving the convictions that is forced upon it by reason… affection still lingers in the Bosom, even after esteem has taken its flight.
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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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When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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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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