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
ABIGAIL ADAMSMen of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
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What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would be wise and virtuous, Benevolent and kind.
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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If we expect to inherit the blessings of our Fathers, we should return a little more to their primitive Simplicity of Manners.
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When a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant
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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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Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
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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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A people fired with love of their country and of liberty, a zeal for the public good, and a noble emulation of glory, will not be disheartened or dispirited by a succession of unfortunate events.
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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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I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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The parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian – Believing that the Father alone, is the supreme God, and that Jesus Christ derived his Being, and all his powers and honors from the Father
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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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The heart is long, very long in receiving the convictions that is forced upon it by reason… affection still lingers in the Bosom, even after esteem has taken its flight.
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