Men travel faster now, but I do not know if they go to better things.

Willa Cather

Death Comes for the Archbishop

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Topic

Technological progress Technology Progress Modern life The human condition

Speaker

Eusabio

Author

Willa Cather

Source

Death Comes for the Archbishop

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Cather, Willa. Death Comes for the Archbishop. Alfred A. Knopf, 1927, bk. 9, ch. 6.

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Another quote by Willa Cather

The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one’s own.

Willa Cather

The Professor's House

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Topic
Limits of knowledge Inscrutability Connecting with others Intimacy

Author

Willa Cather
Source
The Professor's House
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1925 1920s 20th century
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Citation

Cather, Willa. The Professor's House. Alfred A. Knopf, 1925, bk. 1, ch. 8.

Another quote from the 1920s

The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

W.B. Yeats

The Second Coming

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Topic
Decline of civilization Moral decline

Author

W.B. Yeats
Source
The Second Coming
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1920 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "The Second Coming." The Dial, Nov. 1920.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "The Second Coming." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Another quote about Progress

Justice is love on legs, spilling over into the public sphere.

Cornel West

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Topic
Love as action Justice Political progress Progress
Speaker
Cornel West
Source
Big Think
Medium
Interview
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
2009 2000s 21st century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

West, Cornell. "Cornell West's Catastrophic Love." BigThink.com, 6 Nov. 2009.