I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a symbolist in literature. Not that I understand what these terms mean, but I take them to be all merely synonyms of pessimist.
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I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a symbolist in literature. Not that I understand what these terms mean, but I take them to be all merely synonyms of pessimist. — Henry Adams
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Henry Adams was a Historian from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1813–1877).
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This quote is attributed to Henry Adams, a Historian from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Henry Adams lived from 1813 – 1877.
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