Maxioms by Henry Adams
Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing read more
Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world.
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
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.
Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of facts. -Henry Adams.
Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of facts. -Henry Adams.
Chaos often breeds life when order breeds habit.
Chaos often breeds life when order breeds habit.
