I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute Freedom and Wildness, as contrasted with a freedom and culture merely civil,—to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of Nature, rather than a member of society.

Henry David Thoreau

Walking (Thoreau)

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Nature Wilderness Civilization Human nature

Speaker

Henry David Thoreau

Source

Walking (Thoreau)

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1851 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Walking." 23 Apr. 1851, Concord Lyceum, Concord, MA, USA. Lecture.

Current Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Walking." Civil Disobedience and Other Essays. Dover Publications, 1993.

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Who order'd, that their longing's fire
Should be, as soon as kindled, cool'd?
Who renders vain their deep desire?
A God, a God their severance rul'd!
And bade betwixt their shores to be
The unplumb'd, salt, estranging sea.

Matthew Arnold

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Lost love

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Matthew Arnold
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1852 1850s 19th century
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Citation

Arnold, Matthew, [published as A]. "To Marguerite." Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems. London: B. Fellowes, 1852, st. 4.

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The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him; they crush those beneath them.

Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights

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Shit rolls downhill Human nature
Speaker
Heathcliff

Author

Emily Brontë
Source
Wuthering Heights
Medium
Novel
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1847 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Brontë, Emily, [published as Ellis Bell]. Wuthering Heights. Vol. 1, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, 1847, ch. 11.

Current Citation

Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights, edited by Alexandra Lewis. W. W. Norton & Company, 2019, ch. 11.