animating cause!
brave spirits are not subdued
with difficulties
One June 26, 1776, John Adams wrote to his wife, Abagail, saying: But these Reverses of Fortune dont discourage me. It was natural to expect them, and We ought to be prepared in our Minds for greater Changes, and more melancholly Scenes still. It is an animating Cause, and brave Spirits are not subdued with Difficulties.
Two weeks later, the Declaration of Independence was signed by Mr. Adams and the members of the Continental Congress.
The same fellers who had just recently been reminded by a message from King George III that while he, the King, was open and willing to receive back those wayward subjects of the North American Colonies, those fellers in Philadelphia who were causing all the problems, would be hung.
They voted for and signed the Declaration anyway.
To read it again …
… these Reverses of Fortune dont discourage me.
It was natural to expect them, and
We ought to be prepared in our Minds for greater Changes,
and more melancholly Scenes still.
It is an animating Cause, and brave Spirits are not subdued with Difficulties.
I will read this out loud today, the 4th of July.
I will remind myself not to be discouraged by the reverses in fortunes and I will prepare my mind for greater changes and more melancholly scenes still.
And I will remember that, after all, It is an animating Cause, and brave Spirits are not subdued with Difficulties.
I guess it is the least I can do for those Founding Fathers.
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