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Henry (Harry) Adams (1851 – 7 June 1926) was an Australian politician and trade unionist. He was a United Labor Party member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1894 to 1902, representing Central District. He also served as president of the United Trades and Labour Council of South Australia and was a long-serving secretary of the Railways Service Association. History Adams was born in Tungkillo, South Australia, elder son of Henry Adams Sr., and soon after moved with his parents to a farm in Mount Barker. His father found work at the Callington mine. At age 14 Henry left school to work at the same mine. At 18 years of age he began preaching at the Mount Barker Methodist Church circuit, but resisted suggestions that he make the Church his vocation. In 1870, when the mine became uneconomic, he left Callington for Moonta. In 1878 he left to work as a carpenter for coachbuilder John Crimp, in Grenfell Street, Adelaide. A year later he went to work for the builder Nicholas W. Trudgen, also of Grenfell Street. He next joined the Government Way and Works Department, and rose to the position of engineer. When the Department shifted to Glanville he was transferred as patternmaker. He was involved in the Union movement, and in 1893 left the job to contest the seat of Sturt on the House of Assembly for the Labor Party. He was beaten, but was elected president of the Trades and Labor council, then in 1894 won a seat on the Legislative Council, and retired in 1902, and taking up residence in Devonport Terrace, Wayville. He was associated with the Railways Service Association, and for many years was secretary. He was for 28 years a director of the Co-operative Building Society and treasurer of the Adelaide Cooperative Society. He was a longtime member of the Pirie Street Methodist Church, on the Council of the School of Mines, and the Board of Elder Homes. He was a former Secretary of the Amalgamated Railways Association. He was for twenty years a trustee of the Savings Bank of South Australia. Henry had a brother John Adams in Broken Hill, and three sisters: Mrs. Chapel of Moonta, Mrs. Dunstan of Mallala and a Miss Adams.

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“I disagree with my brother Charles and Theodore Roosevelt. I think that Lee should have been hanged. It was all the worse that he was a good man and a fine character and acted conscientiously. These facts have nothing to do with the case and should not have been allowed to interfere with just penalties. It's always the good men who do the most harm in the world.”
— As quoted in American Heritage (December 1955), p. 44
“Who, then, is right? How can we all be right? Half of our wise men declare that the world is going straight to perdition; the other half that it is fast becoming perfect. Both cannot be right.”
— Madeleine Lee in Ch. IV
“In this atmosphere of charity, where all faiths were alike and all professions joined hands, the church and the world became one.”
— On a children's hospital, Ch. III
“One is a saint or one is not; every man can choose the career that suits him; but to be saint and sinner at the same time requires singular ingenuity.”
— Ch. IV
“I am never afraid of pure atheism; it is the flabby kind of sentimental deism that annoys me, because it is as slippery as air.”
— The Rev. Stephen Hazard in Ch. VIII
“Man had always flattered himself that he knew — or was about to know — something [...] but he invariably found [...] that the more he knew the less he understood. [...] He knew nothing at all ! No one knew anything”
— The Problem, pages 148-149

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Henry (Harry) Adams (1851 – 7 June 1926) was an Australian politician and trade unionist. He was a United Labor Party member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1894 to 1902, representing Central District. He also served as president of the United Trades and Labour Council of South Australia and was a long-serving secretary of the Railways Service Association.

Overview

Henry (Harry) Adams (1851 – 7 June 1926) was an Australian politician and trade unionist. He was a United Labor Party member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1894 to 1902, representing Central District. He also served as president of the United Trades and Labour Council of South Australia and was a long-serving secretary of the Railways Service Association. History Adams was born in Tungkillo, South Australia, elder son of Henry Adams Sr., and soon after moved with his parents to a farm in Mount Barker. His father found work at the Callington mine. At age 14 Henry left school to work at the same mine. At 18 years of age he began preaching at the Mount Barker Methodist Church circuit, but resisted suggestions that he make the Church his vocation. In 1870, when the mine became uneconomic, he left Callington for Moonta. In 1878 he left to work as a carpenter for coachbuilder John Crimp, in Grenfell Street, Adelaide. A year later he went to work for the builder Nicholas W. Trudgen, also of Grenfell Street. He next joined the Government Way and Works Department, and rose to the position of engineer. When the Department shifted to Glanville he was transferred as patternmaker. He was involved in the Union movement, and in 1893 left the job to contest the seat of Sturt on the House of Assembly for the Labor Party. He was beaten, but was elected president of the Trades and Labor council, then in 1894 won a seat on the Legislative Council, and retired in 1902, and taking up residence in Devonport Terrace, Wayville. He was associated with the Railways Service Association, and for many years was secretary. He was for 28 years a director of the Co-operative Building Society and treasurer of the Adelaide Cooperative Society. He was a longtime member of the Pirie Street Methodist Church, on the Council of the School of Mines, and the Board of Elder Homes. He was a former Secretary of the Amalgamated Railways Association. He was for twenty years a trustee of the Savings Bank of South Australia. Henry had a brother John Adams in Broken Hill, and three sisters: Mrs. Chapel of Moonta, Mrs. Dunstan of Mallala and a Miss Adams.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“I disagree with my brother Charles and Theodore Roosevelt. I think that Lee should have been hanged. It was all the worse that he was a good man and a fine character and acted conscientiously. These facts have nothing to do with the case and should not have been allowed to interfere with just penalties. It's always the good men who do the most harm in the world.”
— As quoted in American Heritage (December 1955), p. 44
“Who, then, is right? How can we all be right? Half of our wise men declare that the world is going straight to perdition; the other half that it is fast becoming perfect. Both cannot be right.”
— Madeleine Lee in Ch. IV
“In this atmosphere of charity, where all faiths were alike and all professions joined hands, the church and the world became one.”
— On a children's hospital, Ch. III
“One is a saint or one is not; every man can choose the career that suits him; but to be saint and sinner at the same time requires singular ingenuity.”
— Ch. IV
“I am never afraid of pure atheism; it is the flabby kind of sentimental deism that annoys me, because it is as slippery as air.”
— The Rev. Stephen Hazard in Ch. VIII
“Man had always flattered himself that he knew — or was about to know — something [...] but he invariably found [...] that the more he knew the less he understood. [...] He knew nothing at all ! No one knew anything”
— The Problem, pages 148-149

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Not who you're looking for? Others named Henry Adams: American journalist, historian, academic, novelist (1838-191 · American mechanical engineer (1858-1929) · Massachusetts colonist · cricketer (1852-1922)

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