Charles Francis Adams

Charles Francis Adams may refer to:

  • Charles Adams (ice hockey) (1876–1947), grocery magnate and founder of the Boston Bruins
  • Charles Francis Adams, Sr. (1807–1886), grandson of John Adams, son of John Quincy Adams, U.S. congressman, ambassador
  • Charles Francis Adams, Jr. (1835–1915), son of above, Civil War General and president of the Union Pacific Railroad
  • Charles Francis Adams III (1866–1954), nephew of above, Navy secretary
  • Charles Francis Adams IV (1910–1999), son of above, president of Raytheon

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    “Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.”
    —St. Francis Of Assisi (c. 1182–1226)

    ““If our minds could get hold of one abstract truth, they would be immortal so far as that truth is concerned. My trouble is to find out how we can get hold of the truth at all.””
    —Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)