James A. Michener
American author (1907-1997)
Henry Adams
American journalist, historian, academic, novelist (1838-1918)
Henry Brooks Adamswas 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.
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About the Henry Adams
Henry Brooks Adamswas 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 posting influenced the younger man through the experience of wartime diplomacy, and absorption in English culture, especially the works of John Stuart Mill. After the American Civil War, he became a political journalist who entertained America’s foremost intellectuals at his homes in Washington and Boston.
During his lifetime, he was best known for The History of the United States of America 1801-1817, a nine-volume work, praised for its literary style, command of the documentary evidence, and deepknowledge of the period and its major figures. His posthumously published memoir, The Education of Henry Adams, won the Pulitzer Prize and went on to be named by the Modern Library as the best English-language nonfiction book of the 20th century.
6 Quotes by Henry Adams
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Chaos often breeds life when order breeds habit.
Henry AdamsAmerican journalist, historian, academic, novelist (1838-1918)
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I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I’m wrong, I am inclined to agree with him.
Henry AdamsAmerican journalist, historian, academic, novelist (1838-1918)
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The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.
Henry AdamsAmerican journalist, historian, academic, novelist (1838-1918)
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A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
Henry AdamsAmerican journalist, historian, academic, novelist (1838-1918)
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No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
Henry AdamsAmerican journalist, historian, academic, novelist (1838-1918)
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Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God.
Henry AdamsAmerican journalist, historian, academic, novelist (1838-1918)