Man is a history-making creature who can neither repeat his past nor leave it behind.

W.H. Auden

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Topic

The past History The human condition

Author

W.H. Auden

Source

D.H. Lawrence

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Auden, W. H. "D. H. Lawrence." The Dyer's Hand and Other Essays. Random House, 1962.

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Another quote by W.H. Auden

Evil is unspectacular and always human,
And shares our bed and eats at our table.

W.H. Auden

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Topic
Nature of evil Evil

Author

W.H. Auden
Source
Herman Melville
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Auden, W. H. "Herman Melville." Another Time. Faber and Faber/Random House, 1940.

Another quote from the 1960s

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I Have a Dream

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Topic
Racial equality Political reconciliation
Speaker
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Source
I Have a Dream
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1963 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "I Have a Dream." March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. 28 Aug. 1963, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, USA.

Another quote about The human condition

Human existence is girt round with mystery: the narrow region of our experience is a small island in the midst of a boundless sea.

John Stuart Mill

The Utility of Religion

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Topic
The mysterious Mysteriousness of the universe The human condition

Author

John Stuart Mill
Source
The Utility of Religion
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1873 1870s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Mill, John Stuart. "The Utility of Religion." Nature, the Utility of Religion, and Theism. London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1874.

Current Citation

Mill, John Stuart. "The Contest in America." Essays on Ethics, Religion and Society. Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, edited by John M. Robson. Vol. 10, Routledge, 2014.