1830s

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Pride is one of the seven deadly sins; but it cannot be the pride of a mother in her children, for that is a compound of two cardinal virtues—faith and hope.

Charles Dickens

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

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Topic

Seven deadly sins Pride Mother's love Mothers and children

Author

Charles Dickens

Source

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1839 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall, Apr. 1839, issue 14, ch. 43.

Current Citation

Dickens, Charles. Nicholas Nickleby, edited by Mark Ford. Penguin, 1999, ch. 43.

I by no means owe my works to my own wisdom alone, but to a thousand things and persons around me, who provided me with material.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Topic

Inspiration Creativity Influences

Speaker

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Language

German

Time

1832 1830s 19th century

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Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Conversion with Eckermann and Soret. c. 1832.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Conversations of Goethe with Eickermann and Soret, translated by John Oxenford. Da Capo Press, 1998.

Politics in the middle of things that concern the imagination are like a pistol-shot in the middle of a concert.

Stendhal

The Red and the Black

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Topic

Politics and culture Politics

Speaker

Julien Sorel

Author

Stendhal

Source

The Red and the Black

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1830 1830s 19th century

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Original Citation

Stendhal. Le Rouge et le Noir: Chronique du XIXe siècle [The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of the 19th Century]. Vol. 2, Paris: A. Levasseur, c. 1830, ch. 22.

Current Citation

Stendhal. The Red and the Black, translated by Catherine Slater. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2, ch. 22.

You will be damned if you do-And you will be damned if you don't.

Lorenzo Dow

Reflections on the Love of God

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Topic

Rock and a hard place Options

Author

Lorenzo Dow

Source

Reflections on the Love of God

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1833 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Dow, Lorenzo. The Dealings of God, Man and the Devil, as Exemplified in the Life, Experience and Travels of Lorenzo Dow. Norwich: W. Faukner, 1833.

The perpetuity of our institutions depends upon ourselves...if we maintain the principles on which they were established they are destined to confer their benefits on countless generations yet to come.

Martin Van Buren

Inaugural Address of Martin van Buren

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Topic

American government Holding to one's principles Citizen and state

Speaker

Martin Van Buren

Source

Inaugural Address of Martin van Buren Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1837 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Van Buren, Martin. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1837, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control,
These three alone lead life to sovereign power.

Alfred Tennyson

Poems

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Topic

Self-esteem Self-knowledge Self-control

Author

Alfred Tennyson

Source

Oenone Poems

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1832 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "Oenone." Poems. London: Edward Moxon, 1832, st. 14.

Current Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "Oenone." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, st. 14.

Maximilien Robespierre was nothing but the hand of Jean Jacques Rousseau, the bloody hand that drew from the womb of time the body whose soul Rousseau had created.

Heinrich Heine

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Topic

French Revolution Power of ideas Politics is downstream of culture

Author

Heinrich Heine

Source

Germany After Luther

Genre

Religious literature Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1834 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Heine, Heinrich. "De l'Allemagne depuis Luther [Germany after Luther]." Revue des deux Mondes, Dec. 1834.

Current Citation

Heine, Heinrich. "On the History of Religion and Philosophy in Germany." On the History of Religion and Philosophy in Germany and Other Writings, translated by Howard Pollack-Milgate, edited by Terry Pinkard. Cambridge University Press, 2007.

I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

On Napoleon.

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Topic

Military strategy Great man theory of history

Speaker

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Language

English

Time

1831 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wellesley, Arthur. Spoken during a conversion with Philip Henry Stanhope. 2 Nov. 1831, England, UK.