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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}

Abigail Adams

If we expect to inherit the blessings of our Fathers, we should return a little more to their primitive Simplicity of Manners.
ABIGAIL ADAMS

Blessing Expect Father Manner Primitive Simplicity
Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
ABIGAIL ADAMS

Arise Disappointment False Forming Notion Unhappiness
That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute
ABIGAIL ADAMS

Dispute Establish. Admit Naturally Sex Truth Tyrannical
Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
ABIGAIL ADAMS

Hand Husband Power Unlimited
Posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.
ABIGAIL ADAMS

Ancestor Blessing Hardship Posterity Reap Suffering
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.
ABIGAIL ADAMS

Confusion Difficulty Great Justice Righteousness Stability Time
If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
ABIGAIL ADAMS

Hero Learn Mean Philosopher Statemen Women
O, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in them.
ABIGAIL ADAMS

Devil Eye Heart Read Time Wicked
But I dare say you have not been so inattentive an observer, as to suppose that Sweet peace, and contentment, cannot inhabit the lowly roof
ABIGAIL ADAMS

Country Dare Equally Guarded Inattentive Person Protected Say
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
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
There is not any reasoning which can convince me, contrary to my senses, that three is one, and one three.
ABIGAIL ADAMS

Contrary Convince One Reasoning Sense Three
When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
ABIGAIL ADAMS

Happen Know Man Ought Reason
The reins of government have been so long slackened, that I fear the people will not quietly submit to those restraints which are necessary for the peace and security of the community.
ABIGAIL ADAMS

Government Long People Restraint Stacked Submit
I can hear of the brilliant accomplishments of any of my sex with pleasure and rejoice in that liberality of sentiment which acknowledges them.
ABIGAIL ADAMS

Accomplishment Brilliant Liberality Pleasure Sentiment Sex
Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
ABIGAIL ADAMS

Husband Tyrant Unlimited Wedding Women

When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}

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