Quote by: Henry Adams

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies.


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Author Bio


  • NameHenry Adams
  • Descriptionjournalist, historian, academic, novelist
  • AliasesHenry Brooks Adams
  • BornFebruary 16, 1838
  • DiedMarch 27, 1918
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist; Novelist; Historian Of Modern Age; Historian; Writer
  • AwardsPulitzer Prize For Biography Or Autobiography