The Education of Henry Adams · Character
Augustus St. Gaudens
American sculptor, creator of the Adams Memorial.
minor
Also known as St. Gaudens
First appearance: xxiii silence 1894 1898
Augustus St. Gaudens shows up with force in Harvard College (1854–1858). The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mentioned as a later friend not met at Harvard.
Augustus St. Gaudens first appears in 0025 xxiii silence 1894 1898.
In Harvard College (1854–1858): Mentioned as a later friend not met at Harvard.
Later, in Twenty Years After (1892): Adams lectures him on the economics of consideration and artistic success.
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