“ Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels. Henry Adams
“ These questions of taste, of feeling, of inheritance, need no settlement. Everyone carries his own inch-rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels. Henry Adams
“ American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it. Henry Adams
“ The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled. Henry Adams
“ Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts. Henry Adams
“ The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin. Henry Adams
