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...analogies [...] are figures intended to serve as fatal weapons if they succeed, and as innocent toys if they fail. - Henry Adams
" "...analogies [...] are figures intended to serve as fatal weapons if they succeed, and as innocent toys if they fail.
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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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Frances Snow Compton
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Henry Brooks Adams
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Henry B. Adams
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