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The Education of Henry Adams
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The Education of Henry Adams

Preface................................................................................................................................. 3
Quincy (1838-1848)............................................................................................................ 5
Boston (1848-1854) .......................................................................................................... 17

Washington (1850-1854) .................................................................................................. 27
Harvard College (1854-1858) ........................................................................................... 35
Berlin (1858-1859)............................................................................................................ 44
Rome (1859-1860) ............................................................................................................ 51
Treason (1860-1861)......................................................................................................... 60

Diplomacy (1861) ............................................................................................................. 67 Foes Or Friends (1862) ..................................................................................................... 78
Political Morality (1862)................................................................................................... 88
The Battle Of The Rams (1863)...................................................................................... 102
Eccentricity (1863).......................................................................................................... 110

The Perfection Of Human Society (1864) ...................................................................... 119
Dilettantism (1865-1866)................................................................................................ 127
Darwinism (1867-1868).................................................................................................. 136
The Press (1868) ............................................................................................................. 144
President Grant (1869).................................................................................................... 154

Free Fight (1869-1870) ................................................................................................... 162
Chaos (1870)................................................................................................................... 171
Failure (1871).................................................................................................................. 180
Twenty Years After (1892)............................................................................................. 189
Chicago (1893)................................................................................................................ 199
Silence (1894-1898)........................................................................................................ 208
Indian Summer (1898-1899)........................................................................................... 217
The Dynamo And The Virgin (1900) ............................................................................. 227
Twilight (1901) ............................................................................................................... 234
Teufelsdrockh (1901)...................................................................................................... 241
The Height Of Knowledge (1902) .................................................................................. 249
The Abyss Of Ignorance (1902) ..................................................................................... 255
Vis Inertiae (1903) .......................................................................................................... 261
The Grammar Of Science (1903).................................................................................... 269
Vis Nova (1903-1904) .................................................................................................... 277
A Dynamic Theory Of History (1904) ........................................................................... 284
A Law Of Acceleration (1904) ....................................................................................... 293
Nunc Age (1905)............................................................................................................. 299