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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave It is not in the still calm of life or the repose of a pacific station that great characters are formed. ... Great necessities call out great virtues. - Quote by Abigail Adams

It is not in the still calm of life or the repose of a pacific station that great characters are formed. … Great necessities call out great virtues.

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