The grand style arises in poetry, when a noble nature, poetically gifted, treats with simplicity or with severity a serious subject.

Matthew Arnold

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Poetry

Author

Matthew Arnold

Language

English

Time

1862 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "On Translating Homer: Last Words." 1862, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, UK.

Current Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "On Translating Homer: Last Words 1862." Culture and Anarchy and Other Selected Prose. Penguin Classics, 2015.

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Time
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I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.

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Time
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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Final Emancipation Proclamation," or "Proclamation 95." 22 Sept. 1862.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Final Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.