We cannot reform our forefathers.

George Eliot

Adam Bede

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Topic

Morality of the past The past Progress

Author

George Eliot

Source

Adam Bede

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Eliot, George. Adam Bede. Edinburgh/London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1859, ch. 53.

Current Citation

Eliot, George. Adam Bede, edited by Carol A. Martin. Oxford University Press, 2008, ch. 53.

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We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still.

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Mill, John Stuart. On Liberty. London: J.W. Parker and Son, 1859, ch. 2.

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The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.

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Revolution Words vs. actions Political progress Progress

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Karl Marx
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Theses on Feurbach
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Time
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Authentication Score 2
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He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that.

John Stuart Mill

On Liberty

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Making arguments

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John Stuart Mill
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On Liberty
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Genre
Philosophical literature Political literature
Language
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Time
1859 1850s 19th century
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Original Citation

Mill, John Stuart. On Liberty. London: J.W. Parker and Son, 1859, ch. 2.

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All rising to great place is by a winding stair.

Francis Bacon

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Road to success Success

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Francis Bacon
Source
Of Great Place Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1625 1620s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
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Bacon, Francis "Of Great Place." Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall. London: John Haviland, 1625.

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Bacon, Francis. "Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625): Of Great Place." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008.