Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.
Unity is vision; it must have been part of the process of learning to see. - Henry Adams
Unity is vision; it must have been part of the process of learning to see.
- Henry Adams
A period of about twelve years measured the beat of the pendulum. After the Declaration of Independence, twelve years had been needed to create an ef… - Henry Adams
A period of about twelve years measured the beat of the pendulum. After the Declaration of Independence, twelve years had been needed to create an ef…
History will die if not irritated. The only service I can do to my profession is to serve as a flea. - Henry Adams
History will die if not irritated. The only service I can do to my profession is to serve as a flea.
One could not stay a month without loving the shabby town - Henry Adams
One could not stay a month without loving the shabby town
No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else. - Henry Adams
No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else.
He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers. - Henry Adams
He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.
Friends are born, not made. - Henry Adams
Friends are born, not made.
American politics is a struggle, not of men but of forces. The men become every year more and more creatures of force, massed about central power hou… - Henry Adams
American politics is a struggle, not of men but of forces. The men become every year more and more creatures of force, massed about central power hou…
Chaos breeds life; Order creates habit. - Henry Adams
Chaos breeds life; Order creates habit.
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