“All that had gone before was useless, and some of it was worse.”
― The Education of Henry Adams
― The Education of Henry Adams
“My 'good fortune' consisted in having received fifty blows when I was condemned to receive a hundred.”
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“He could teach his students nothing. He was only educating himself at their cost.”
― The Education of Henry Adams
― The Education of Henry Adams
“In human affairs there is no snug harbor, no rest short of the grave. We are forever setting forth afresh across new and stormy seas, or into outer space.”
― The Great Explorers: The European Discovery of America
― The Great Explorers: The European Discovery of America
“Fortunately wrong cannot last. Soon or late it must fall back home to Hades, while some compensating good must surely follow.”
― Son of the Wilderness: The Life of John Muir
― Son of the Wilderness: The Life of John Muir
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