Oh how am I to face the odds
Of man's bedevilment and God's?
I, a stranger and afraid
In a world I never made.

A.E. Housman

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Topic

Alienation Courage The human condition

Author

A.E. Housman

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Housman, Alfred Edward. Last Poems. Henry Holt & Company, 1922, no. 12.

Current Citation

Housman, Alfred Edward. "Last Poems." A Shropshire Lad and Other Poems, edited by Archie Burnett. Penguin Classics, 2010, no. 12.

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Taxes are what we pay for civilized society.

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Time
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Between us and excellence, the gods have placed the sweat of our brows.

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Hard work Excellence Character Virtue The human condition

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Hesiod
Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC
Era
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Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Hesiod. Ἔργα καὶ Ἡμέραι [Works and Days]. c. 700 BC, l. 289.

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If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?

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Statement Type
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Time
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