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“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.
— Abigail Adams
First Lady of the United States
Letter to John Quincy Adams (8 May 1780)
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Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · Portrait: Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828) (Public domain)
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