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James Truslow Adams Historian

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Oct 18, 1878
  • Died: May 18, 1949

James Truslow Adams was an American writer and historian. He was not related to the famous Adams family. He was not an academic, but a freelance author who helped to popularize the latest scholarship about American history and his three volume history of New England is well regarded by scholars.

The freedom now desired by many is not freedom to do and dare but freedom from care and worry. freedom

Age acquires no value save through thought and discipline. age

The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind. attitude

There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behaves any of us to find fault with the rest of us. best & good

Thanksgiving November 28, 2024

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. 32 more wisdom & wit from William Blake

32 more wisdom & wit from William Blake

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it. 6 more sayings from Franz Grillparzer

6 more sayings from Franz Grillparzer

For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received. 2 views from Storm Jameson

2 views from Storm Jameson

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do. 73 quotes from Victor Hugo

73 quotes from Victor Hugo