The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

Henry David Thoreau

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Nature of man

Author

Henry David Thoreau

Source

Journals of Henry David Thoreau

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. Journal entry. 26 Sept. 1859.

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Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul,
As the swift seasons roll!
Leave thy low-vaulted past!

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Self-improvement Formation of character

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Oliver Wendell Holmes
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The Chambered Nautilus The Atlantic
Medium
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Time
1858 1850s 19th century
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. "The Chambered Nautilus." The Atlantic Monthly. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, Feb. 1858, st. 5.

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I
a universe of atoms
an atom in the universe.

Richard Feynman

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Man and the universe Nature of man
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Richard Feynman
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Language
English
Time
1955 1950s 20th century
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Feynman, Richard. "The Value of Science." 1955, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.

Another quote from 1859

An opinion that corn-dealers are starvers of the poor, or that private property is robbery, ought to be unmolested when simply circulated through the press, but may justly incur punishment when delivered orally to an excited mob assembled before the house of a corn-dealer.

John Stuart Mill

On Liberty

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Limits on freedom of speech Freedom of speech and expression

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

Mill, John Stuart. On Liberty. London: J.W. Parker and Son, 1859, ch. 3.

Current Citation

Mill, John Stuart. "On Liberty." On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, edited by Mark Philp and Frederick Rosen. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 3.