God is dead! Heaven is empty-Weep, children,
You no longer have a father.

Dieu est mort! le ciel est vide-Pleurez! enfants,
Vous n'avez plus de pere.

Gerard de Nerval

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Topic

Decline of religion

Author

Gerard de Nerval

Source

Le Christ aux Oliviers Les Chimeres

Medium

Poem

Language

French

Time

1854 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

De Nerval, Gerard. "Le Christ aux Oliviers." L'Artiste, 31 Mar. 1844.

Current Citation

De Nerval, Gerard. "Le Christ aux Oliviers." De Nerval: Selected Writings, translated by Richard Sieburth. Penguin Classics, 1999.

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There is grandeur in this view of life...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.

Charles Darwin

On the Origin of Species

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Topic
Human evolution Creation of man Evolution Human origins

Author

Charles Darwin
Source
On the Origin of Species
Genre
Scientific literature
Language
English
Time
1859 1850s 19th century
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Original Citation

Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of Species. London: John Murray, 1859, ch. 14.

Current Citation

Darwin, Charles. The Origin of the Species, edited by William Bynum. Penguin, 2009, ch. 14.

Another quote originally in French

I find that the best goodness I have has some tincture of vice.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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Topic
Duality of man Yin and yang

Author

Michel de Montaigne
Source
That We Taste Nothing Pure Essays
Medium
Essay
Language
French
Time
1580 1580s 16th century
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Original Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "Nous ne Goustons Rien de Pur [That We Taste Nothing Pure]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

Current Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "We Can Savour Nothing Pure." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.