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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.

Abigail Adams

Heaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their parents.
ABIGAIL ADAMS

Blessing Children Country Family Heaven Ornament
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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Awareness Chance Class Educated Family Female Improvement Intellectual Sex
I acknowledge myself a unitarian
ABIGAIL ADAMS

Acknowledge Myself Religion Unitarian
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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Ambition Difficult Hope Ourselves Pride Private Sacrifice Task
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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Affecting Bear Circumstance Dispose Hear Most Week
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
ABIGAIL ADAMS

Accomplish Back Feet Forever Late Put
These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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Desire Genius Hope Live Time Want
I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
ABIGAIL ADAMS

Desire Favourable Generous Giving Husband Lady Remember Sex
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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Daughter Empowerment Eve Female Mother Severely Smarted
The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of vanity, but you I know have a mind too enlarged and liberal to disregard the Sentiment.
ABIGAIL ADAMS

Deepest Education First Perhaps Principle Root World
Dark and sour humours, especially those which have a spice of malevolence in them, are vastly disagreeable. Such men have no music in their souls.
ABIGAIL ADAMS

Dark Disagreeable Humour Men Soul Vastly
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.
ABIGAIL ADAMS

Friend Happy Harsh Master More Willing
What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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Accounting Fancy Meat One
The Character which a youth acquires in the early part of his Life is of great importance towards his future prosperity-one false step may prove irretrievable to his future usefulness.
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Acquire Character Future Importance May Step
Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
ABIGAIL ADAMS

Accomplishment Arise Benefit Great Women
The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
ABIGAIL ADAMS

Born Challenge Contending Habit Mind Vigorous

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