Adeline Valentine Pond Adams (1859 – 1948) was an American writer and wife of Herbert Adams. The chief subject of her writings were American fine artists and art history. At least seven published texts were written by her. On December 14, 1930 she was awarded a Special Medal of Honor by the National Sculpture Society.
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“What if all ponds were shallow? Would it not react on the minds of men? I am thankful that this pond was made deep and pure for a symbol. While men believe in the infinite some ponds will be thought to be bottomless.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“There are two things that seem to be at the bottom of our constitutions; one is a continual tendency towards politics; the other is family pride; and it is strange how these two feelings run through all of us.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)