Sin is a queer thing. It isn't the breaking of divine commandments. It is the breaking of one's own integrity.

D.H. Lawrence

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Sin

Author

D.H. Lawrence

Source

Studies in Classic American Literature

Language

English

Time

1923 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Poet Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Lawrence, D.H. Studies in Classic American Literature. Thomas Seltzer, 1923, ch. 8.

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I've known rivers:
I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

Langston Hughes

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Rivers Life experience Acquiring wisdom

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Langston Hughes
Source
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1921 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Hughes, Langston. "The Negro Speaks of Rivers." The Crisis, June 1921, I. 1.

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Hughes, Langston. "The Negro Speaks of Rivers." The Weary Blues. Alfred A. Knopf, 2015, I. 1.

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If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1st John 1:8

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Sin Human nature
Source
1st John The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Greek
Time
95 90s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st John 1:8).