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xxxvi, 403 p. ; 23 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Introduction -- Advice -- America -- The arts -- Cities, countries, and other places -- Communications -- Death -- Dreams, imagination, memories -- Duty, honor, citizenship -- Economics -- Education -- Family and home -- Food and drink -- Foreign affairs -- Freedom, liberty, and equality -- Friends and enemies -- Government -- Health, medicine, and exercise -- History -- Human nature -- Human relations -- Language, grammar, and penmanship -- Life's blessings -- Life's difficulties -- Life's uncertainties -- Love -- The military -- Morality -- The natural world -- Pain and pleasure -- Peace -- People -- Politics -- Religion -- Travel and transportation -- Vices -- Virtues -- War -- Women -- Alternate spelligns commonly used by Abigail Adams -- Chronology |
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Abigail Adams, wife of President John Adams, shared her penetrating and often humorous observations with correspondents ranging from friends and neighbors to family members to heads of state, offering lively opinions on human nature, politics, culture, and family life. Selected and arranged by topic, these quotations provide an entertaining introduction to the thought and character of America's founding mother. They are accompanied by a biographical introduction, source notes, chronology, and a comprehensive index |
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Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818 -- Quotations
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Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818 -- Political and social views
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Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818 -- Philosophy
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Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Quotations
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Kaminski, John P
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