These are 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 ADAMS
ABIGAIL ADAMS
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Abigail Adams82 quotes“These are 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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Abigail AdamsAbigail Adams The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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