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Mercy Otis Warren

American Playwright

Born: Sep 14, 1728

Died: Oct 19, 1814

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The love of domination and an uncontrolled lust of arbitrary power have prevailed among all nations and perhaps in proportion to the degrees of civilization. Mercy Otis Warren

Love Power Lust All Nations Arbitrary Arbitrary Power Degrees Prevailed Civilization Proportion Uncontrolled Perhaps Domination Nations Among

Democratic principles are the result of equality of condition. Mercy Otis Warren

Equality Result Democratic Principles Condition

The progress of the American Revolution has been so rapid and such the alteration of manners, the blending of characters, and the new train of ideas that almost universally prevail, that the principles which animated to the noblest exertions have been nearly annihilated. Mercy Otis Warren

Prevail Progress Revolution Manners Characters Has-Been Rapid Animated Almost Noblest New Blending Ideas Alteration Principles Been Train American Which American Revolution Nearly Universally

The study of the human character opens at once a beautiful and a deformed picture of the soul. Mercy Otis Warren

Beautiful Character Soul Picture Once Deformed Study Opens Human

Before this address to my countrymen is closed, I beg leave to observe, that as a new century has dawned upon us, the mind is naturally led ot contemplate the great events that have run parallel with and have just closed the last. Mercy Otis Warren

The extraordinary exertions of the colonies, in cooperation with British measures, against the French, in the late war, were acknowledged by the British parliament to be more than adequate to their ability. Mercy Otis Warren

War Extraordinary Late Adequate Ability More Colonies Parliament French Were Than Acknowledged Against Measures Cooperation British

The bulk of mankind have indeed, in all countries in their turn, been made the prey of ambition. Mercy Otis Warren

Made Ambition Indeed Prey Countries Bulk Been Turn Mankind

By the Declaration of Independence, dreaded by the foes an for a time doubtfully viewed by many of the friends of America, everything stood on a new and more respectable footing, both with regard to the operations of war or negotiations with foreign powers. Mercy Otis Warren

War Time Independence Everything Respectable Negotiations Dreaded Foes More Both Footing New Powers Operations Foreign Foreign Powers Friends America Stood Regard Declaration Viewed Many

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