Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
ABIGAIL ADAMSI 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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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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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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Heaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their parents.
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There is not any reasoning which can convince me, contrary to my senses, that three is one, and one three.
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Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
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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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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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Some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
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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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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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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 hope some future day will bring me the happiness of seeing my family again collected under our own roof, happy in ourselves and blessed in each other.
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, ‘Give, give.’
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May justice and righteousness be the stability of our times, and order arise out of confusion. Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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