Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul,
As the swift seasons roll!
Leave thy low-vaulted past!

Oliver Wendell Holmes

The Chambered Nautilus

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Topic

Self-improvement Formation of character

Author

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Source

The Chambered Nautilus The Atlantic

Medium

Poem Magazine

Language

English

Time

1858 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. "The Chambered Nautilus." The Atlantic Monthly. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, Feb. 1858, st. 5.

Man has his will,—but woman has her way!

Oliver Wendell Holmes

This is It

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Topic

Gender relations Men and women

Author

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Source

This is It The Atlantic

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1857 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. "This Is It." The Atlantic Monthly. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, Dec. 1857.

Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Topic

Power of ideas Ideas Personal growth

Author

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Source

Autocrat of the Breakfast Table

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1831 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell. "The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table." The New England Magazine. Boston: Joseph T. Buckingham, Nov. 1831 and Feb. 1832.

Current Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell. The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table. Dover Publications, 2015.

There is no time like the old time, when you and I were young.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

No Time like the Old Time

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Topic

The good old days

Author

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Source

No Time like the Old Time The Atlantic

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1865 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. "No Time like the Old Time." The Atlantic Monthly. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, Oct. 1865, st. 1.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it,—but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Every Man His Own Boswell

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Topic

Personal growth Stagnation

Author

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Source

Every Man His Own Boswell The Atlantic

Medium

Magazine

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1858 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. "Every Man His Own Boswell." The Atlantic Monthly. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, Feb. 1858.