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The Education of Henry Adams

The Education of Henry Adams

The Education of Henry Adams is an autobiography that records the struggle of Bostonian Henry Adams , in his later years, to come to terms with the dawning 20th century, so different from the world of his youth. It is also a sharp critique of 19th-century educational theory and practice. In 1907, Adams began privately circulating copies of a limited edition printed at his own expense. Commercial publication of the book had to await its author's 1918 death, whereupon it won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize. The Modern Library placed it first in a list of the top 100 English-language nonfiction books of the 20th century.


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“The chief wonder of education is that it does not ruin everybody concerned in it, teachers and taught.”

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“Friends are born, not made.”

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“In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.”

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“A friend in power is a friend lost.”

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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.”

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“Even in America, 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.”

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Ch. 35 http://books.google.com/books?id=-ThaAAAAMAAJ&amp;q=%22Even+in+America+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%22&amp;pg=PA502#v=onepage. <br class="br">The Education of Henry Adams (1907)

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