1870s

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All religion, however, is nothing but the fantastic reflection in men's minds of those external forces which control their daily life.

Friedrich Engels

Anti-Duhring

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Topic

Religion

Author

Friedrich Engels

Source

Anti-Duhring

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1878 1870s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Engels, Frederick. "Herrn Eugen Dührings Umwälzung der Wissenschaft [Herr Eugen Dühring's Revolution in Science]." Vorwärts, 1878.

Current Citation

Engels, Frederick. "Anti-During." Karl Marx, Frederick Engels: Collected Works. Vol. 25, Int Pub Co Inc, 1987, pt. 3, ch. 5.

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Topic

Purpose of travel Travel

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Source

Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes

Genre

Travel writing

Language

English

Time

1879 1870s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1879.

Current Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. Dover Publications, 2019.

Work is not always required of a man. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.

George MacDonald

Wilfrid Cumbermede

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Topic

Work Idleness Leisure

Author

George MacDonald

Source

Wilfrid Cumbermede

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1872 1870s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

MacDonald, George. Wilfred Cumbermede. New York: Charles Scribner & Co., 1872.

In research the horizon recedes as we advance, and is no nearer at sixty than it was at twenty. As the power of endurance weakens with age, the urgency of the pursuit grows more intense... And research is always incomplete.

Mark Pattison

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Topic

Research

Author

Mark Pattison

Language

English

Time

1875 1870s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Pattison, Mark. Isaac Casaubon, 1559-1614. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1875, ch. 10.