The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.

Edward Thomas

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Topic

Idealizing the past The past

Author

Edward Thomas

Source

Early One Morning

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Thomas, Edward. "Early One Morning." Poems. Henry Holt/Selwyn & Blount, 1917, I. 15.

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My body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires.

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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Joyce, James. “Araby.” Dubliners. Grant Richards Ltd., 1914.

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Ancient times were the youth of the world.

Francis Bacon

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Topic
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Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Latin
Time
1605 1600s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. London: Oxford: Rob Youn and Ed Forrest, 1605, bk. 1, pt. 5, no. 1.

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Bacon, Francis. "The Advancement of Learning." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, pt. 5, no. 1.

Another quote from 1917

We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts.

Sigmund Freud

Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis

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Civilization

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Sigmund Freud
Source
Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis
Medium
Lecture
Genre
Psychological literature
Language
German
Time
1917 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Einführung in die Psychoanalyse [Introduction to Psychoanalysis]. 1915-1917, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, lecture 1. Lecture series.

Current Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis. W. W. Norton & Company, 1977, lecture 1.