That great business of ours, of learning how to be, to do, to do without, and to depart.

John Viscount Morley

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How to live The human condition

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John Viscount Morley

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English

Time

1887 1880s 19th century

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Politician Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Morley, John. "Aphorisms." 11 Nov. 1887, The Edinburgh Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh, Scotland. Address.

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Much Madness is divinest Sense —
To a discerning Eye —
Much Sense—the starkest Madness —
'Tis the Majority
In this, as All, prevail —
Assent—and you are sane —
Demur—you're straightway dangerous —
And handled with a Chain —

Emily Dickinson

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Source
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Time
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Dickinson, Emily. "Much Madness Is Divinest Sense." Poems by Emily Dickinson. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1890, I. 1.

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Man was made for joy and woe,
And when this we rightly know
Through the world we safely go.

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William Blake
Source
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Medium
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Language
English
Time
1805 1800s 19th century
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Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." Songs of Innocence and Experience, with Other Poems. London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1866.

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