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Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.

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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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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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It is to me a most affecting thing to hear myself prayed for, in particular as I do every day in the week, and disposes me to bear with more composure
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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Bursting Heart Losing Loved One Women
Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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Hand Husband Power Unlimited
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 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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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would be wise and virtuous, Benevolent and kind.
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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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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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Determine Equality Foment Memorable Paid Particular Rebellion Women
Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
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