6/24/2016

巨大的需求會引發偉大的美德,當一個人長成、被感動人心的景像所鼓舞,那些原本潛藏的特質,就會被喚起進入生活,並形成英雄及政治家的性格。“Great necessities call out great virtues. When a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant, wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.”

“Great necessities call out great virtues. When a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant, wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.”
– Abigail Adams, First Lady of the U.S.

「巨大的需求會引發偉大的美德,當一個人長成、被感動人心的景像所鼓舞,那些原本潛藏的特質,就會被喚起進入生活,並形成英雄及政治家的性格。」– 艾碧該·亞當斯 (美國第一夫人)
艾碧該·亞當斯 (1744-1818) 是美國第二任總統約翰·亞當斯之妻,也是美國第六任總統約翰·昆西·亞當斯之母,她提倡婦女應有財產權和更多機會,特別是受教育,藉此發展她們的智能。

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