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Cicero's Letter To Abigail Adams

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The American Revolution was a time of brave men and a chance for them to do something great. In this letter Abigail Adams writes to her son, while he is abroad with his father. She writes to him to give him advice and encouragement about how to obtain his success.

Throughout the letter Adams presents credible examples of great men that her son could be like. Adams questions the reader (her son) to make connections between him and other people. She writes, "...would Cicero have shone so distinguished orator if he had not been roused, kindled, and enflamed by the tyranny for Catiline, Verres, and Mark Antony?" By writing this Adams is showing that even great men like Cicero needed the struggle and diversity of other people to obtain his success.
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