Abigail didn't have formal education-like most women of her time, but her intelligence was fostered by the many books she read and was reflected in the two thousand letters she wrote throughout her life. ... (Akers 8), as a daughter of a minister and because her family was well-off, Abigail was never short of books. ... (Baker 128) Akers" paraphrase that "only in the mind of God did the discordant notes of life blend into a harmonious melancholy."...

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Missionaries inspired by books like the Reverend Josiah Strong's Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis, (document B) looked overseas for new fields to till. ... Americans took note of these events, and many thought we should pursue a foreign policy with similar goals. ...

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