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He never labored so hard to learn a language as he did to hold his tongue, and it affected him for life. The habit of reticence — of talking without meaning — is never effaced.


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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