Quote by Henry Adams
Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and t

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world. – Henry Adams

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Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels. – Henry Adams

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