Henry Adams Quote

The Virgin filled so enormous a space in the life and thought of the time that one stands now helpless before the mass of testimony to her direct action and constant presence in every moment and form of the illusion which men thought they thought their existence.


The Education of Henry Adams: And Other Selected Writings (ed. New York, Twayne Pub, 1963)


The Virgin filled so enormous a space in the life and thought of the time that one stands now helpless before the mass of testimony to her direct...

The Virgin filled so enormous a space in the life and thought of the time that one stands now helpless before the mass of testimony to her direct...

The Virgin filled so enormous a space in the life and thought of the time that one stands now helpless before the mass of testimony to her direct...

The Virgin filled so enormous a space in the life and thought of the time that one stands now helpless before the mass of testimony to her direct...