Among the thousand symbols of ultimate energy the dynamo was not so human as some, but it was the most expressive.
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Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Education of Henry Adams, “The Dynamo and the Virgin” (1907); Exact wording and attribution checked. Autobiographical reflection, written in the third person, on the machinery exhibited at Paris in 1900.
- The Education of Henry Adams, “The Dynamo and the Virgin” (1907)
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