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Henry Adams Quotes:

Ocupation: Historian

Life: February 16, 1838 - March 27, 1918

Birthday: February 16

Death: March 27

If it were worth while to argue a paradox, one might maintain that nature regards the female as the essential, the male as the superfluity of her world. Perhaps the best starting-point for study of the Virgin would be a practical acquaintance with bees, and especially with queen bees.

- Henry Adams

source: Henry Adams (2017). “Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres”, p.248, BookRix

topic: Queens, Women, Males, Queen Bee

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