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1838 - Born in Boston
- An American historian, was the son of Charles Francis Adams and the descendant of two presidents
1850-1860 - Gradually abandoned his family’s involvement in politics to pursue the study of history
- Traveled abroad as the secretary of his father after completing his studies at Harvard
1870 - Taught history at Harvard
- Became the editor of the North American Review, a reform journal that focused attention on corruption
and advocated civil service reforms
1877-1879 - Edited the papers and wrote a biography of Albert Gallatin
1880 - Anonymously published a satirical novel, Democracy
1889-1891 - His research in this period of American history culminated in his 9-volume History of the United States
1885 - His wife’s suicide lead him to searching for new meaning in life and history
1913 - In Mont Saint Michel and Chartres, a spiritual odyssey; expressed his admiration for the medieval church
1918 - The Education of Henry Adams, an autobiography
1918 - Died on March 27
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- "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."
- "One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible."
- "Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of facts."
- "You say that love is nonsense....I tell you it is no such thing. For weeks and months it is a steady physical pain, an ache about the heart, never leaving one, by night or by day; a long strain on one's nerves like toothache or rheumatism, not intolerable at any one instant, but exhausting by its steady drain on the strength."
- "A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his influence stops."
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Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Henry Brooks Adams (Paperback - Jun 9, 1959) This first paperback facsimile of the classic 1913 edition includes thirteen photographs and numerous illustrations of the great cathedrals of Northern France. Henry Adams referred to this book as "A... ![]() |
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Biography - Adams, (Henry) Brooks (1848-1927): An article from: Contemporary Authors by Gale Reference Team (Digital - Jan 1, 2003) This digital document, covering the life and work of (Henry) Brooks Adams, is an entry fromContemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 1958 words.... Available for download now |
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American Drawings and Watercolors in the Collection of the Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute by Henry Brooks Adams (Paperback - Jul 9, 1985) |
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Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Henry Brooks Adams (Unknown Binding - Jul 9, 2008) |
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Biography - Adams, Henry (Brooks) (1838-1918): An article from: Contemporary Authors by Gale Reference Team (Digital - Jan 1, 2003) This digital document, covering the life and work of Henry (Brooks) Adams, is an entry fromContemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 4800 words.... Available for download now |
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