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1848–1927 United States

Peter Chardon Brooks Adams (June 24, 1848 – February 13, 1927) was an American historian and a critic of capitalism. He graduated from Harvard University in 1870 and studied at Harvard Law School in 1870 and 1871.

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Also known as: Adams, Brooks, Peter Chardon Brooks Adams

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Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being, and therefore laws have no fixity, but shift from generation to generation.

The Law of Civilization and Decay: An Essay on History (1895)

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