Posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.
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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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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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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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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Its never to late to get back on your feet though we wont live forever make sure you accomplish what you were put here for
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That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute
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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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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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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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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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The reins of government have been so long slackened, that I fear the people will not quietly submit to those restraints which are necessary for the peace and security of the community.
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Some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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And bless the tranquil inhabitants, equally guarded and protected, in person and property, in this happy Country, as those who reside in the most elegant and costly dwellings.
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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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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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