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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Topic

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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That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man-when I could get it-and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman?

Sojourner Truth

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Intersectionality Women's rights Racism
Speaker
Sojourner Truth
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Statement Type
Question
Language
English
Time
1851 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Truth, Sojourner. Speech in Ohio. Woman's convention. May 1851, Akron, Ohio, USA.

Current Citation

Truth, Sojourner. "Ain't I a Woman?" Great Speeches by African Americans, edited by James Daley. Dover Publications, 2006.

Another quote about Nature

The pebble
is a perfect creature

equal to itself
mindful of its limits

filled exactly
with a pebbly meaning

Zbigniew Herbert

Pebble

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Nature

Author

Zbigniew Herbert
Source
Pebble
Medium
Poem
Language
Polish
Time
1966 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Herbert, Zbigniew. "Kamyk [Pebble]." Studium przedmiotu [Subject Study]. Czytelnik, 1961.