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American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it.
Henry B. Adams



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Author Profession: Historian
Nationality: American
Born: February 16, 1838
Died: March 27, 1918

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American, Anything, Flat, Into, Pond, Reaction, Silently, Society, Sort, Thrown, Which, Without
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