he liked lofty moral principle and cared little for political tactics; he felt a profound respect for Sumner himself; but the shock opened a chasm in life that never closed, and as long as life lasted, he found himself invariably taking for granted, as a political instinct, with out waiting further experiment - as he took for granted that arsenic poisoned - the rule that a friend in power is a friend lost. (Henry Adams)

he liked lofty moral principle and cared little for political tactics; he felt a profound respect for Sumner himself; but the shock opened a chasm in life that never closed, and as long as life lasted, he found himself invariably taking for granted, as a political instinct, with out waiting further experiment - as he took for granted that arsenic poisoned - the rule that a friend in power is a friend lost.

Henry Adams

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