If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent Texas and live in Hell.

Philip Henry Sheridan

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Texas

Speaker

Philip Henry Sheridan

Language

English

Time

1866 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Military officer

From

United States

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Citation

Sheridan, Philip Henry. Quoted in The Pittsburgh Gazette. Mar. 1866.

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Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light;
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Sarah Williams

The Old Astronomer

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Topic
Fear of death Death

Author

Sarah Williams
Source
The Old Astronomer
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1868 1860s 19th century
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Citation

Williams, Sarah. "The Old Astronomer." Twilight Hours: A Legacy of Verse. Strahan and Co., 1868, I. 15.

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We always imagine eternity as something beyond our conception, something vast. But why must it be vast? Instead of all that, what if it’s one little room, like a bath house in the country, black and grimy and spiders in every corner, and that’s all eternity is?

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Crime and Punishment

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Author

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Source
Crime and Punishment
Medium
Novel
Language
Russian
Time
1866 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Dostoyevsky, Feodor. Преступленіе и наказаніе [Crime and Punishment]. The Russian Messenger, Jan. 1866 - Dec. 1866, monthly serial.

Current Citation

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment, translated and edited by Michael R. Katz. W. W. Norton & Company, 2018.