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title: "2 Henry B Adams Quotes"
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# Henry B Adams

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Henry Brooks Adams was an American historian and a member of the Adams political family, descended from two U.S. presidents. As a young Harvard graduate, he served as secretary to his father, Charles Francis Adams, Abraham Lincoln's minister (ambassador) to the United Kingdom. The posting influenced

##  Quotes by Henry B Adams

> [Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-b-adams/everyone-carries-his-own-inch-rule-of-taste-and-amuse-himself-by/)

Henry B Adams

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> [In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-b-adams/in-plain-words-chaos-was-the-law-of-nature-order-was-the-dream-of-man/)

Henry B Adams

[Chaos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chaos/)

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