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• Adams described the unity of the medieval worldview as being reflected through its cathedrals in Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres. The work was published privately in 1904.
• In A Letter to American Teachers of History (1910), Adams calls upon his fellow historians to make whatever changes necessary to the curriculum in order to prepare students for the technology of the twentieth century. In his letter, Adams expresses a fear that if education is not reformed, the consequences may be dire.
• Adams refers to Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Confessions...
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