4 Quotes & Sayings By James Truslow Adams

James Truslow Adams, an American historian and author, is best known for his book "The Epic of America," a history of the United States from its beginning in the colonial period to the end of World War I. Adams graduated in 1902 from Yale University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and received his doctorate there in 1911. He taught at Williams College, Princeton University, and the University of Virginia before joining Stanford University as professor of history in 1924. He retired there in 1951.

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There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. Surely these should never be confused in the mind of any man who has the slightest inkling of what culture is. For most of us it is essential that we should make a living.. In the complications of modern life and with our increased accumulation of knowledge, it doubtless helps greatly to compress some years of experience into far fewer years by studying for a particular trade or profession in an institution; but that fact should not blind us to another–namely, that in so doing we are learning a trade or a profession, but are not getting a liberal education as human beings. James Truslow Adams
The freedom now desired by many is not freedom to...
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The freedom now desired by many is not freedom to do and dare but freedom from care and worry. James Truslow Adams
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As we look over the list of the early leaders of the republic, Washington, John Adams, Hamilton, and others, we discern that they were all men who insisted upon being themselves and who refused to truckle to the people. With each succeeding generation, the growing demand of the people that its elective officials shall not lead but merely register the popular will has steadily undermined the independence of those who derive their power from popular election. The persistent refusal of the Adamses to sacrifice the integrity of their own intellectual and moral standards and values for the sake of winning public office or popular favor is another of the measuring rods by which we may measure the divergence of American life from its starting point. James Truslow Adams