Henry Adams
Born: 01-01-1838
Henry Adams was an American historian and author, born in 1838 into the prominent Adams political family. He is best known for his autobiography, "The Education of Henry Adams," which won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize. Adams's work often explored themes of history, politics, and society during the 19th and early 20th centuries, reflecting his deep intellectual curiosity and critical view of contemporary American life.
Book summaries for books written by Henry Adams
Quotes
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.
The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence enough to upset Darwin.
The American mind exasperated the European as a buzz-saw might exasperate a pine forest.
The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind.
All experience is an arch, to build upon.
Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows.
Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.
The greatest act of courage is to be and to own all that you are without apology, without excuses, without masks to cover the truth of who you are.
A man can do almost anything he wants if he is willing to pay the price.
Nothing in life is so good as it seems beforehand.
Teachers affect eternity; no one can tell where their influence stops.
Chaos was the law of nature; order was the dream of man.