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Henry Adams (February 11, 1858 – December 9, 1929) was an American mechanical engineer. He emigrated at age 22 to Baltimore from Duisburg, Kingdom of Prussia, having been educated as a building engineer. He later worked with the District of Columbia government buildings, and established a longstanding private practice in Baltimore, Maryland. Public life In Baltimore, he first worked for builder Benjamin F. Bennett. In 1886, he became a heating and ventilating engineer with the Office of the Supervising Architect of the United States Department of the Treasury. In 1894 he joined the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers (ASHVE) as one of 75 charter members. He served on the organization's Compulsory Legislation committee. He later served as ASHVE president (from 1899 to 1900), on the board of managers, and participated on their council. He was president of the board of the Maryland Institute in Baltimore, currently known as the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). He taught at the institute for 12 years then he participated as a board member and later as president of the board (until his death 45 years later). Adams served as a Federal Fuel Administration engineer for Maryland and Delaware during World War I.

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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 Adams (February 11, 1858 – December 9, 1929) was an American mechanical engineer. He emigrated at age 22 to Baltimore from Duisburg, Kingdom of Prussia, having been educated as a building engineer. He later worked with the District of Columbia government buildings, and established a longstanding private practice in Baltimore, Maryland.

Overview

Henry Adams (February 11, 1858 – December 9, 1929) was an American mechanical engineer. He emigrated at age 22 to Baltimore from Duisburg, Kingdom of Prussia, having been educated as a building engineer. He later worked with the District of Columbia government buildings, and established a longstanding private practice in Baltimore, Maryland. Public life In Baltimore, he first worked for builder Benjamin F. Bennett. In 1886, he became a heating and ventilating engineer with the Office of the Supervising Architect of the United States Department of the Treasury. In 1894 he joined the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers (ASHVE) as one of 75 charter members. He served on the organization's Compulsory Legislation committee. He later served as ASHVE president (from 1899 to 1900), on the board of managers, and participated on their council. He was president of the board of the Maryland Institute in Baltimore, currently known as the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). He taught at the institute for 12 years then he participated as a board member and later as president of the board (until his death 45 years later). Adams served as a Federal Fuel Administration engineer for Maryland and Delaware during World War I.

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 · Australian politician · Massachusetts colonist · cricketer (1852-1922)

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