We can never have enough of nature…. We need to witness our own limits transgressed, and some life pasturing freely where we never wander.

Henry David Thoreau

Walden

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Topic

Man and nature

Author

Henry David Thoreau

Source

Spring Walden

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1854 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Spring." Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.

Current Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Spring." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.

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Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

Alfred Tennyson

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Author

Alfred Tennyson
Source
In Memoriam A.H.H.
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1850 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. In Memoriam A.H.H. London: Edward Moxon, 1850, pt. 27, st. 4.

Current Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "In Memoriam A.H.H." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 27, st. 4.