When a true Genius appears in the World, you may know him by this Sign; that the Dunces are all in Confederacy against him.

Jonathan Swift

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Topic

Genius Being misunderstood

Author

Jonathan Swift

Source

Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting

Medium

Essay

Genre

Satire

Language

English

Time

1706 1700s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Writer

From

Ireland Europe

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Original Citation

Swift, Jonathan. "Thoughts on Various Subjects." 1706.

Current Citation

Swift, Jonathan. "Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting." The Portable Swift. Edited by Carl Van Doren. Penguin Books, 1978.

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The months and days are the travelers of eternity. The years that come and go are also voyagers... I too for years past have been stirred by the sight of a solitary cloud drifting with the wind to ceaseless thoughts of roaming.

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Author

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Source
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Time
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Original Citation

Basho, Matsuo. 奥の細道 (Oku no Hosomichi) [The Narrow Road to the Deep North]. 1702.

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The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

Edmund Burke

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Topic
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Author

Edmund Burke
Source
Speech at County Meeting of Buckinghamshire
Medium
Speech
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1784 1780s 18th century
Era
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Burke, Edmund. "Speech at a County Meeting of Buckinghamshire." 1784. Buckinghamshire, England, UK.