About Henry Adams
Henry Brooks Adams (February 16, 1838 – March 27, 1918) was an American historian and a member of the Adams political family, descended from two U.S. presidents. As a young Harvard graduate, he served as secretary to his father, Charles Francis Adams, Abraham Lincoln's ambassador to the United Kingdom. The...
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There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.
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A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
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—Blakney Francis in Someone I Used to Know
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If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate.
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I hate life, I hate death and everything in between just doesn't interest me.