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.
ABIGAIL ADAMSGreat necessities call out great virtues.
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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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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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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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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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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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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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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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The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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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!
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Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to.
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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.
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But such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title of Master for the more tender and endearing one of Friend.
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Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.
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You cannot know, should I discribe to you; the feelings of a parent . Four years have already past away since you left your native land, and this rural Cottage
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