Robert Louis Stevenson

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These are my politics: to change what we can; to better what we can; but still to bear in mind that man is but a devil weakly fettered by some generous beliefs and impositions; and for no word however nobly sounding, and no cause however just and pious, to relax the stricture of these bonds.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Topic

Politics and human nature Human nature Political theory

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Language

English

Time

1885 1880s 19th century

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Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis and Fanny Stevenson. "Epilogue of the Cigar Divan." More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1885.

Many's the long night I've dreamed of cheese-toasted, mostly.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Treasure Island

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Topic

Cheese Food

Speaker

Ben Gunn

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Source

Treasure Island

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1882 1880s 19th century

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Original Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis [published as Captain George North]. "Treasure Island or the Mutiny of the Hispaniola." Young Folks, 1881-1882. Weekly serial.

Current Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Treasure Island. Signet, 2016, pt. 3, ch. 15.

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.

Under the wide and starry sky,
Dig the grave and let me lie.
Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.
This be the verse you grave for me:
Here he lies where he longed to be;
Home is the sailor, home from sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Requiem

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Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Source

Requiem

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Epitaph

Language

English

Time

1887 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. "Requiem." Underwoods. New York City: Charles Scribner's Sons/London: Chatto & Windus, 1887, I. 1.