Don't you find it a beautiful clean thought, a world empty of people, just uninterrupted grass, and a hare sitting up?

D.H. Lawrence

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Topic

Nature Grass Rabbits

Speaker

Rupert Birkin

Author

D.H. Lawrence

Source

Women in Love

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lawrence, D.H. Women in Love. Thomas Seltzer, 1920, ch. 11.

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The chief business of the American people is business.

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Time
1925 1920s 20th century
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Another quote about Nature

The pebble
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Topic
Nature

Author

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

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Another quote from 1920

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.

W.B. Yeats

The Second Coming

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Topic
Dissolution Decline of civilization Societal collapse Political polarization Politics

Author

W.B. Yeats
Source
The Second Coming
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1920 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 0
Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "The Second Coming." The Dial, Nov. 1920.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "The Second Coming." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Whether a Million of Angels may not sit upon a needle's point?

William Chillingworth

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Topic
Scholasticism Angels

Author

William Chillingworth
Source
The Religion of Protestants
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Question
Language
English
Time
1637 1630s 17th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Chillingworth, William. The Religion of Protestants a Safe Way to Salvation. Oxford: Leonard Lichfield, 1638.