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History is not a web woven with innocent hands. Among all the causes which degrade and demoralize men, power is the most constant and most active.

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Abigail Adams
Age: 73 †
Born: 1744
Born: November 22
Died: 1818
Died: October 28
First Lady
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Weymouth
Massachusetts
Abigail Smith
Abigail Smith Adams
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