I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Topic

Thinking for oneself Quotations

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1849 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Journal entry. May 1849.

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Men grind and grind in the mill of a truism, and nothing comes out but what was put in. But the moment they desert the tradition for a spontaneous thought, then poetry, wit, hope, virtue, learning, anecdote, all flock to their aid.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Literary Ethics

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Topic
Originality

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source
Literary Ethics
Medium
Essay
Language
English
Time
1838 1830s 19th century
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Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Literary Ethics." 24 July 1838, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.

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Not a "gay science," I should say, like some we have heard of; no, a dreary, desolate, and, indeed, quite abject and distressing one: what we might call, by way of eminence, the dismal science.

Thomas Carlyle

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Topic
Economics

Author

Thomas Carlyle
Language
English
Time
1849 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Carlyle, Thomas [published anonymously]. "Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question." Fraser's Magazine, Dec. 1849.

Current Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. "The Nigger Question." The Works of Thomas Carlyle, edited by Henry Duff Traill. Vol. 29, Cambridge University Press, 2010.