American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it.


Letters of Henry Adams...: 1892-1918 (ed. New York, Houghton, 1938)

Henry Adams Quotes

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it.

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it.

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it.

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it.