Henry Adams ( 9 of 19 )
Everyone carries his own inch-rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.
Everyone carries his own inch-rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.
In peace, competition had become difficult, until the British ship owner cried for war; yet he already felt, without acknowledging read more
In peace, competition had become difficult, until the British ship owner cried for war; yet he already felt, without acknowledging it even to himself, that in war he was likely to enjoy little profit or pleasure on the day when the long, low, black hull of the Yankee privateer, with her tapering, bending spars, her long-range guns, and her sharp-faced captain, should appear on the western horizon, and suddenly, at the sight of heavy-lumbering British merchantman, should fling out her white wings of canvas, and fly down on her prey.
Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God.
Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God.
The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence enough to upset Darwin
The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence enough to upset Darwin
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops.
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops.
A friend in power is a friend lost.
A friend in power is a friend lost.
In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.
In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.
Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself
Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself
