Who knows but the world may end tonight?

Robert Browning

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Topic

Living in the moment Tomorrow The future

Author

Robert Browning

Source

Last Ride Together

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1855 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Playwright Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Browning, Robert. "The Last Ride Together." Men and Women. 1855, st. 2.

Current Citation

Browning, Robert. "The Last Ride Together." Robert Browning's Poetry. Edited by James F. Loucks and Andrew M. Stauffer. W. W. Norton & Company, 2007, st. 2.

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I do not pretend to understand the moral universe, the arc is a long one... But from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice.

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Time
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
1949 1940s 20th century
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Orwell, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Secker & Warburg, 1949, pt. 3, ch. 3.