This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

Margaret Atwood

Surfacing

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Topic

Locus of control

Author

Margaret Atwood

Source

Surfacing

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

Canada

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Atwood, Margaret. Surfacing. McClelland and Stewart, 1972, ch. 27.

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Time
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Citation

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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
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Source
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Medium
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Herrick, Robert. "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time." Hesperides; or the Works both Human and Divine of Robert Herrick Esq. London: John Williams, 1648.

Current Citation

Herrick, Robert. "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time." The Cavalier Poets: An Anthology, edited by Thomas Crofts. Dover Publications, 1995.