Henry Adams on Wisdom
Browse 2 quotations attributed to Henry Adams, catalogued under wisdom, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Henry Adams, entry #102556: "Who, then, is right? How can we all be right? Half of our wise men declare that the world is going straight to perdition; the other half that it is fast becoming perfect. Both can…"
Attributed to Henry Adams, entry #220269: "So Henry Adams, well aware that he could not succeed as a scholar, and finding his social position beyond improvement or need of effort, betook himself to the single ambition whic…"
2 Quotes by Henry Adams on Wisdom
"Who, then, is right? How can we all be right? Half of our wise men declare that the world is going straight to perdition; the other half that it is fast becoming perfect. Both cannot be right."
"So Henry Adams, well aware that he could not succeed as a scholar, and finding his social position beyond improvement or need of effort, betook himself to the single ambition which otherwise would scarcely have seemed a true outcome of the college, though it was the last remnant of the old Unitarian supremacy. He took to the pen. He wrote."