Every one lives by selling something.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Topic

Making a living The human condition

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Source

Across the Plains

Genre

Travel writing Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1892 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Across the Plains. London: Chatto & Windus, 1892, ch. 9.

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The untented Kosmos my abode,
I pass, a willful stranger;
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And the bright eyes of danger.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Medium
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Language
English
Time
1894 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. "Youth and Love." Songs of Travel. London: Chatto & Windus, 1896, st. 3.

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The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.

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Sigmund Freud
Source
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Genre
Psychological literature
Language
German
Time
1899 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Die Traumdeutung [The Interpretation of Dreams]. Leipzig und Wien: Franz Deuticke, 1900, ch. 7, sect. E.

Current Citation

Freud, Sigmund. The Interpretation of Dreams, translated and edited by James Strachey. Basic Books, 2010, ch. 7, sect. E.

Another quote about The human condition

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

Albert Camus

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Human nature Being oneself Authenticity The human condition

Author

Albert Camus
Source
The Rebel
Genre
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Language
French
Time
1951 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Camus, Albert. L'Homme Revolte [The Rebel]. Gallimard, 1951.