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Charles Francis Adams, Jr.

Charles Francis Adams Jr. was an American author, historian, and railroad and park commissioner who served as the president of the Union Pacific Railroad from 1884 to 1890. He served as a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War. After the war, he was a railroad regulator and executive, an author of historical works, and a member of the Massachusetts Park Commission.

History thus becomes largely a study of character. Insight into temperament is hardly less important than the probing of "original materials." — © Charles Francis Adams, Jr.
History thus becomes largely a study of character. Insight into temperament is hardly less important than the probing of "original materials."
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