Quotes by Henry Adams

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

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No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
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 chakras  language  writing  

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Morality is a private and costly luxury.
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 morality  

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The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant [is] alone enough to upset Darwin.
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 mankind  

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