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.
ABIGAIL ADAMSThe 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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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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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, ‘Give, give.’
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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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The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.
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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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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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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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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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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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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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