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“ ”The American mind had less respect for money than the European or Asiatic mind, and bore its loss more easily; but it had been deflected by its pursuit till it could turn in no other direction. It shunned, distrusted, disliked, the dangerous attraction of ideals, and stood alone in history for its ignorance of the past.
About Henry Adams
Henry Brooks Adams (16 February 1838 – 27 March 1918) was a U.S. historian, journalist, novelist and educator. He was the great-grandson of John Adams, grandson of John Quincy Adams and son of Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
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Additional quotes by Henry Adams
Everyone knows they’re going to die,” he said again, “but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently.
Seward would inspire a cow with statesmanship if she understood our language.
What one knows is, in youth, of little moment; they know enough who know how to learn.