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And the betrayers of language ...... n and the press gang And those who had lied for hire; The perverts, the perverters of language, the perverts, who have set money-lust Before the pleasures of the senses; howling, as of a hen-yard in a printing-house, the clatter of presses, the blowing of dry dust and stray paper, foetor, sweat, the stench of stale oranges. Ezra Pound		Thursday Feb 05, 2026
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We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. Abigail Smith Adams

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	Abigail Smith Adams
	(1744-1818) Letter to her sister, Mary Smith Cranch, 1784 - wife of John Adams, 2nd US president, mother of John Quincy Adams, 6th US pres.

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I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life.... Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.

I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature; and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries 'Give, give!'

Deliver me from your cold, phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.

We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.

Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.

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.

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

I long to hear that you have declared an independency. And in the new code of laws, which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors.... If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.

If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.

I can not say that I think you very generous to the Ladies, for whilst you are proclaiming peace and good will to Men, Emancipating all Nations, you insist upon retaining an absolute power over Wives.

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 challenges are formed.... Great necessities call out great virtues.