As history stands, it is a sort of Chinese play, without end andl without lesson. With these impressions … - Henry Adams

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You are here for but an instant, and you mustn't take yourself too seriously

Henry Adams

As history stands, it is a sort of Chinese play, without end andl without lesson. With these impressions I wrote the last line of my History, asking for a round century before going further.

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All experience is an arch, to build upon.

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I firmly believe, that before many centuries more, science will be the master of man. The engines he will have invented will be beyond his strength to control. Someday, science shall have the existence of mankind in its power, and the human race commit suicide by blowing up the world.

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Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world.

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They know enough who know how to learn.

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My belief is that science is to wreck us, and that we are like monkeys monkeying with a loaded shell; we don't in the least know or care where our practically infinite energies come from or will bring us to.

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