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Abigail Adams: Letter to John Quincy Adams

( 1780 ) Commentary by Richard Alan Ryerson, Ph.D.

Glossary

Catiline, Verres, and Mark Anthony Both Catiline and Mark Anthony attempted to overthrow the Roman Republic, and Verres was a corrupt Roman governor of Sicily.
chid rebuked
Cicero Roman statesman (106–43 BCE)
deprecated held in high disapproval
pacific peaceful

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