If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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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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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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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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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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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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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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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I can hear of the brilliant accomplishments of any of my sex with pleasure and rejoice in that liberality of sentiment which acknowledges them.
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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