Charles Francis Adams was singular for mental poise absence of self-assertion or self-consciousness the faculty of standing apart without seeming aware that he was alone a balance of mind and temper that neither challenged nor avoided notice, nor admitted question of superiority or inferiority, of jealousy, of personal motives, from any source, even under great pressure.
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Henry Adams was a 19th-century American historian and adams political family member. Henry Brooks Adams was an American historian and a member of the Adams political family, descended from two U.S. presidents. Read more on Wikipedia →