• American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it.

  Henry Brooks Adams
  American historian 1838-1918
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1. fresh-water
2. silently
3. reaction
4. anything
5. thrown

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American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it. by : Henry Brooks Adams

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