One never goes so far as when one doesn't know
where one is going.

Der beste Reiseplan wird durch einen albernen Zufall gestört, und man geht nie weiter, als wenn man nicht weiß, wohin man geht.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Exploration Adventure

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Letter

Language

German

Time

1812 1810s 19th century

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Writer

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Germany Europe

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Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Letter to Carl Friedrich Zelter. 3 Nov. 1812.

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To know of someone here and there whom we accord with, who is living on with us even in silence-this makes our earthly ball a peopled garden.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Source
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
Medium
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German
Time
1786 1780s 18th century
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Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre [Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship]. Berlin: Johann Friedrich Unger, 1785-1786, bk. 7, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship." Goethe: The Collected Works, edited and translated by Eric A. Blackall. Vol. 9, Princeton University Press, 1995, bk. 7, ch. 5.

Another quote from the 1810s

And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there-
O! say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave!

Francis Scott Key

The Star-Spangled Banner

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Francis Scott Key
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The Star-Spangled Banner
Medium
Song
Language
Engish
Time
1814 1810s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Key, Francis Scott. "Defence of Fort M'Henry." Analectic Magazine, 1814.

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Key, Francis Scott. The Star-Spangled Banner. Composed by John Stafford Smith. Became official national anthem of the United States on March 3, 1931.

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War is not merely a political act, but also a real political instrument, a continuation of political commerce, a carrying out of the same by other means.

Karl Von Clausewitz

On War

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Karl Von Clausewitz
Source
On War
Genre
Political literature
Language
German
Time
1833 1830s 19th century
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Clausewitz, Karl. Vom Kriege [On War]. Berlin: Ferdinand Dummler, 1832, ch. 1, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Clausewitz, Carl. On War, translated by Michael Howard and Peter Paret. Everyman's Library, 1993, ch. 1, pt. 1.