Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)

Walt Whitman

Song of Myself

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Topic

Contradiction Inconsistency Human nature

Author

Walt Whitman

Source

Song of Myself Leaves of Grass

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1855 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York: Self-published, 1855, poem 1.

Current Citation

Whitman, Walt. "Song of Myself." Leaves of Grass and Other Writings. W. W. Norton & Company, 2002, sect. 51.

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This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God.

Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass

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Author

Walt Whitman
Source
Leaves of Grass
Statement Type
Orders and commands
Language
English
Time
1855 1850s 19th century
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Original Citation

Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York: Self-published, 1855, preface.

Current Citation

Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass: The Complete 1855 and 1891-2 Editions. Library of America, 2011, preface to 1855 edition.

Another quote from the 1850s

All's fair in love and war.

Frank E. Smedley

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Topic
Love and war
Speaker
Peter Barnett

Author

Frank E. Smedley
Statement Type
Precepts and axioms
Language
English
Time
1850 1850s 19th century
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Citation

Smedley, Francis Edward. Frank Fairlegh; or, Scenes from the life of a private pupil. London: A. Hall, Virtue, & Co., 1850, ch. 50.

Another quote about Human nature

Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing was ever made.

Immanuel Kant

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Topic
Imperfection Human nature

Author

Immanuel Kant
Source
Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
German
Time
1784 1780s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
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Citation

Kant, Immanuel. "Idee zu einer allgemeinen Geschichte in weltbürgerlicher Absicht [Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose]." Berlinische Monatsschrift, Nov. 1784.