"Henry Adams laments his education at Harvard. Adams repeatedly expresses distain in his formal education, grounded in the classics, history, and literature, which was the of way education during his time. "Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts"(42). His education did not give him the scientific and mathematical knowledge needed to grasp the scientific breakthroughs that happened during his lifetime. Adams identified problems with his education, from the lack of diversity, to the "stamp" Harvard put on its students before sending them off. The educational issues that Adams saw and deplored during his time at Harvard are still around today."