Both were illogical and heretical by essence; — in strict discipline, in the days of the Holy Office, a hundred years later, both would have been bur… - Henry Adams

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Both were illogical and heretical by essence; — in strict discipline, in the days of the Holy Office, a hundred years later, both would have been burned by the Church, as Jeanne d'Arc was, with infinitely less reason, in 1431.

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About 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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Pen Names: Frances Snow Compton
Native Name: Henry Brooks Adams
Alternative Names: Henry B. Adams

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