The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.

Edward Thomas

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Topic

Idealizing the past The past

Author

Edward Thomas

Source

Early One Morning

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Thomas, Edward. "Early One Morning." Poems. Henry Holt/Selwyn & Blount, 1917, I. 15.

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Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Autobiography. Vol. 1, Harper & Brothers, 1924.

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The past is never dead. It's not even past.

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Source
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Medium
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Language
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Time
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We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts.

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Source
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Time
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Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Einführung in die Psychoanalyse [Introduction to Psychoanalysis]. 1915-1917, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, lecture 1. Lecture series.

Current Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis. W. W. Norton & Company, 1977, lecture 1.