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Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a woman's heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned.

Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a woman's heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned.

Henry Adams
Lying, Heart, Men
Henry Adams (2015). “Esther”, p.81, Sheba Blake Publishing

What a vast fraternity it is,--that of 'Hearts that Ache.' For the last three months it has seemed to me as though all society were coming to me, to drop its mask for a moment and initiate me into the mystery. How we do suffer! And we go on laughing; for, as a practical joke at our expense, life is a success.

Henry Adams
Heart, Grieving, Laughing
Henry Adams, Jacob Claver Levenson, Massachusetts Historical Society (1982). “The Letters of Henry Adams: 1886-1892”

Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies, of Allah and your enemies, and others besides, whom ye may not know, but whom Allah doth know

Henry Adams
War, Heart, Enemy

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