The French Education of Henry AdamsExamines the impact of French thought on Henry Adams by looking at his writing and his personal collection of books with underscored passages and margin notes. |
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... tion qui se veoid en leur dispensation et exécution.41 Il fault apprendre qu'on n'est qu'un sot ; instruction bien plus ample et importante.42 For Adams the problem of conduct was one which involved not only relations between the ...
... tion qui se veoid en leur dispensation et exécution.41 Il fault apprendre qu'on n'est qu'un sot ; instruction bien plus ample et importante.42 For Adams the problem of conduct was one which involved not only relations between the ...
Page 160
... tion.223 While there are some references to Chateaubriand in the History 224 and in the Life of Gallatin , 225 there are none to Lamartine in any of Adams's writings . Lamartine had a double interest for Adams ; his verse and his ...
... tion.223 While there are some references to Chateaubriand in the History 224 and in the Life of Gallatin , 225 there are none to Lamartine in any of Adams's writings . Lamartine had a double interest for Adams ; his verse and his ...
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... tion for all the friends of liberty in Europe , a reproach on almost all the European governments . . . . We have lately lost Mme de Staël , and she is a public loss . Her mind improved with her years without any diminution of her fine ...
... tion for all the friends of liberty in Europe , a reproach on almost all the European governments . . . . We have lately lost Mme de Staël , and she is a public loss . Her mind improved with her years without any diminution of her fine ...
Contents
ANCESTRAL BACKGROUND | 3 |
INITIATION | 19 |
INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY | 30 |
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