BROOKS ADAMS
\bɹˈʊks ˈadəmz], \bɹˈʊks ˈadəmz], \b_ɹ_ˈʊ_k_s ˈa_d_ə_m_z]\
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An American essayist and politician; born at Quincy, Mass., 1848. He is the son of Charles Francis Adams, and a lawyer by profession. Besides contributions to magazines, he has written "The Emancipation of Massachusetts" (1887) and "The Law of Civilization and Decay".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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