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How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves and all our hopes and expectations to the public weal!

Abigail Adams

The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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Born Challenge Contending Habit Mind Vigorous
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
How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves and all our hopes and expectations to the public weal!
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Ambition Difficult Hope Ourselves Pride Private Sacrifice Task
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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Anxious Democracy Fate Monarchy Order Perseverance Place Take
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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Circumstance Judge Judging Ourselves Person Since
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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Believe Father Jesus Knowledge Little More Primitive Simplicity Unitarian
Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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Hand Husband Power Unlimited
Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
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Good Man Obligation Possible Read
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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Blessing Expect Father Manner Primitive Simplicity
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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Children Country Goodness Grant Impress May Mind Ornament Step Universal
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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Country Emulation Good Liberty Noble People
We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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Action Communication Diversity Language Word
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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Fall King People Remain. Longer Slip
Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
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Abhor Age Custom Men Sex Vassal
If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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Hero Learn Mean Perhaps Philosopher Statemen Vanity Women
Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
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Arise Disappointment False Forming Notion Unhappiness

How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves and all our hopes and expectations to the public weal!

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