Nothing is more tiresome than a superannuated pedagogue. - Henry Adams
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Nothing is more tiresome than a superannuated pedagogue.
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Henry Adams
Henry Brooks Adams (16 February 1838 – 27 March 1918) was a U.S. historian, journalist, novelist and educator. He was the great-grandson of John Adams, grandson of John Quincy Adams and son of Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
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