Henry Adams

Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the Mathers, who, as you remember, passed sweet mornings reflecting on the goodness of God and the damnation of infants. ↗

— Henry Adams

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The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek. ↗

— Henry Adams

#american president #commander #course #grasp #helm

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies. ↗

— Henry Adams

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The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin. ↗

— Henry Adams

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The proper study of mankind is woman. ↗

— Henry Adams

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The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong. ↗

— Henry Adams

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There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence. ↗

— Henry Adams

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We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable. ↗

— Henry Adams

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Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile. ↗

— Henry Adams

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Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius. ↗

— Henry Adams

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