These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike. As soon as there is life there is danger.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Topic

The present The human condition

Speaker

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Public and Private Education

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1864 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Public and Private Education." 27 Nov. 1864, Boston, MA, USA.

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Men grind and grind in the mill of a truism, and nothing comes out but what was put in. But the moment they desert the tradition for a spontaneous thought, then poetry, wit, hope, virtue, learning, anecdote, all flock to their aid.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Literary Ethics

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Topic
Originality

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source
Literary Ethics
Medium
Essay
Language
English
Time
1838 1830s 19th century
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Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Literary Ethics." 24 July 1838, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.

Another quote from the 1860s

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Marble Faun

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Topic
Passage of time Effects of time Time

Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne
Source
The Marble Faun
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1860 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni. Vol. 2, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860, ch. 24.

Current Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Marble Faun, edited by Susan Manning. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 24.

Another quote about The human condition

He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Jesus

Matthew 5:45

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Topic
The human condition Sermon on the Mount
Speaker
Jesus
Source
Gospel of Matthew The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Greek
Time
60 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 5:45).

Another quote from 1864

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

Victor Hugo

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Topic
Limits of language

Author

Victor Hugo
Source
William Shakespeare
Language
French
Time
1864 1860s 19th century
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Citation

Hugo, Victor. William Shakespeare. Paris: Lacroix & Verboeckhoven & Cie, 1864, pt. 1, bk. 2, ch. 4.