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Henry Adams - ...analogies [...] are figures intended...
...analogies [...] are figures intended to serve as fatal weapons if they succeed, and as innocent toys if they fail. (Henry Adams)

...analogies [...] are figures intended to serve as fatal weapons if they succeed, and as innocent toys if they fail.

Henry Adams

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