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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 2730 |
| QUOTATION: | American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918), U.S. historian. letter, Sept. 20, 1911. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Adams Collection. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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