He had hugged his antiquated dislike of bankers and capitalistic society until he had become little better than a crank. He had known for years that he must accept the regime, but he had known a great many other disagreeable certainties — like age, senility, and death — against which one made what little resistance one could.


The Education of Henry Adams (1907)

Henry Adams Quotes

He had hugged his antiquated dislike of bankers and capitalistic society until he had become little better than a crank. He had known for years that...

He had hugged his antiquated dislike of bankers and capitalistic society until he had become little better than a crank. He had known for years that...

He had hugged his antiquated dislike of bankers and capitalistic society until he had become little better than a crank. He had known for years that...

He had hugged his antiquated dislike of bankers and capitalistic society until he had become little better than a crank. He had known for years that...