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At the utmost, the active-minded young man should ask of his teacher only mastery of his tools…. Once acquired, the tools and models may be thrown away.

—Preface, The Education of Henry Adams

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Henry Adams (1838–1918)

Title: Henry Adams (1838–1918)

Author: Adams, Henry

Overview

An American historian; born in Boston, Feb. 16, 1838; died in 1918; grandson of J. Q. Adams. He was for some time editor of the North American Review, and professor of history in Harvard College.—Continue at Reader’s Dictionary of Authors.

Works

The Education of Henry Adams
The honest and probing autobiography of one man’s life in relation to the world around him.

Anthologized Verse

The Auspices of the War of 1812
What the War of 1812 Demonstrated
The Battle between the Constitution and the Guerrière
Breaking in a President
Jefferson
The American of 1800

Writings About Adams, Henry

“Henry Adams,” Mont Saint Michel and Chartres; The Education of Henry Adams and The Education of Henry Adams
Selections from the Cambridge History of American Literature.Critical and Biographical Introduction

Quotations

Respectfully Quoted: 287, 297, 1409