"Genius" (which means transcendent capacity of taking trouble, first of all).

Thomas Carlyle

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Hard work Persistence

Author

Thomas Carlyle

Source

History of Frederick the Great

Language

English

Time

1858 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. "Friedrich's Apprenticeship, First Stage." History of Frederick the Great. Vol. 1, London: Chapman and Hall, 1858, bk. 4, ch. 3.

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Burke said there were three estates in parliament; but, in the reporter's gallery yonder, there sat a fourth estate more important far than they all.

Thomas Carlyle

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On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic
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Time
1840 1840s 19th century
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If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without plowing up the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters.

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Activism Political progress Social progress Progress
Speaker
Frederick Douglass
Source
West India Emancipation
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1857 1850s 19th century
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Citation

Douglass, Frederick. "West India Emancipation." 3 Aug. 1857, Canandaigua, NY, USA.

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Between us and excellence, the gods have placed the sweat of our brows.

Hesiod

Works and Days

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Hard work Excellence Character Virtue The human condition

Author

Hesiod
Source
Works and Days
Medium
Poem
Genre
Didactic poem
Language
Greek
Time
700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Hesiod. Ἔργα καὶ Ἡμέραι [Works and Days]. c. 700 BC, l. 289.

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Hesiod. "Works and Days." Theogony and Works and Days, translated by M. L. West. Oxford University Press, 2009, l. 289.