Volume 37, Number 10 · June 14, 1990
Henry Adams as Holy Fool
By Garry Wills
The first puzzle of Henry Adams's poised and urbane book is its crackpot ending. After pages of erudite sidlings and ironic doublings back, Adams finally whips out a placard and joins the nutty parade that says The End Is Near.
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