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There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.
Henry Adams
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Henry Adams
Age: 80 †
Born: 1838
Born: February 16
Died: 1918
Died: March 27
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Historian Of The Modern Age
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Boston
Massachusetts
Frances Snow Compton
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My rule in making up examination questions is to ask questions which I can't myself answer. It astounds me to see how some of my students answer questions which would play the deuce with me.
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I want to be advertised and the easiest way is to do something obnoxious and do it well.
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The study of history is useful to the historian by teaching him his ignorance of women.
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