Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.

Alexander Smith

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Death

Author

Alexander Smith

Language

English

Time

1863 1860s 19th century

Occupation

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Citation

Smith, Alexander. "Of Death and the Fear of Dying." Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country. London: Strahan & Co., 1863.

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Imagination labors best in distant fields.

Mark Twain

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Effects of travel Travel Creativity Imagination Inspiration

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Source
The Innocents Abroad
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1869 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Twain, Mark. The Innocents Abroad. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1869.

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Twain, Mark. The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress. Random House Publishing Group, 2003.

Another quote about Death

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Dylan Thomas

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Old age Death

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Dylan Thomas
Source
Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1951 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 0
Citation

Thomas, Dylan. "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night." Botteghe Oscure, 1951.

Another quote from 1863

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Abraham Lincoln

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Declaration of Independence American founding Equality
Speaker
Abraham Lincoln
Source
Gettysburg Address
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1863 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Gettysburg Address." At the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery. 19 Nov. 1863, Gettysburg, PA, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Address at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, November 19, 1863." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.