How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
ABIGAIL ADAMSHow few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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There is not any reasoning which can convince me, contrary to my senses, that three is one, and one three.
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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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Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
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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 men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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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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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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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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Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.
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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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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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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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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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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 parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
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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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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
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Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
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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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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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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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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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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.
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