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  1. Sep 2020
    1. after Soap making believe I shall make the experiment

      I love learning about their lives. We take so much for granted. Meanwhile, Abigail Adams is making her own soap!

    2. I have sometimes been ready to think that the passion for Liberty cannot be Eaquelly Strong in the Breasts of those who have been accustomed to deprive their fellow Creatures of theirs.

      THIS. It's hard to think these men are fighting for actual liberty when they are simultaneously fighting to keep others from it. Is it actually even liberty, or is it just a new form of patriarchal imprisonment?

    3. John Adams treated this sentiment as a joke

      WOW. I never knew he made fun of this. What a crappy thing to do. ESPECIALLY to his wife. I always thought of them as a strong couple, so this is super off-putting.