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Henry Adams Quotes: Unbroken Evolution under uniform conditions pleased every one -- except curates and bishops; it was the very best substitute for religion; a safe, conservative practical, thoroughly Common-Law deity.
         

Unbroken Evolution under uniform conditions pleased every one -- except curates and bishops; it was the very best substitute for religion; a safe, conservative practical, thoroughly Common-Law deity.


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A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.



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All experience is an arch, to build upon.



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One friend in a life-time is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.



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Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.



One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.



Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.



They know enough who know how to learn.

They know enough who know how to learn.



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The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.



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