That sign of old age: extolling the past at the expense of the present.

Sydney Smith

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Topic

Kids these days The past Old age

Speaker

Sydney Smith

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Humorist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Smith, Sydney. Quoted in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith, by Saba Holland. Vol. 1, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855, ch. 11.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source
The Poet Essays: Second Series (Emerson)
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English
Time
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Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “The Poet.” Essays: Second Series. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1844.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "The Poet (1844)." The Portable Emerson, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. Penguin Classics, 2014.

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She was seventy-five and she was going to make some changes in her life.

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Jonathan Franzen
Source
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Medium
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Language
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Time
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