The outline of the city became frantic in its effort to explain something that defied meaning. Power seemed to have outgrown its servitude and to have asserted its freedom. The cylinder had exploded, and thrown great masses of stone and steam against the sky.


The Education of Henry Adams: An Autobiography (ed. Prabhat Prakashan, 1946)

Henry Adams Quotes

The outline of the city became frantic in its effort to explain something that defied meaning. Power seemed to have outgrown its servitude and to...

The outline of the city became frantic in its effort to explain something that defied meaning. Power seemed to have outgrown its servitude and to...

The outline of the city became frantic in its effort to explain something that defied meaning. Power seemed to have outgrown its servitude and to...

The outline of the city became frantic in its effort to explain something that defied meaning. Power seemed to have outgrown its servitude and to...