These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or in the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.
Abigail Adams
4 comments:
I wonder what Abigail would have to say about our nation today? What a wise woman she was - definitely ahead of her times and John would have been lost without her!
So relevant. Thanks for reprinting her words.
And Barack Obama will rise to the occasion just as her husband did, Jamie! :)
The other thing that comes to mind is the saying, May you live in interesting times.
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