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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
Abigail Adams
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Abigail Adams
Age: 73 †
Born: 1744
Born: November 22
Died: 1818
Died: October 28
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Weymouth
Massachusetts
Abigail Smith
Abigail Smith Adams
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A people may let a king fall, yet still remain a people, but if a king let his people slip from him, he is no longer a king.
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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! How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
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