There was never a great man who had not a great mother.

Olive Schreiner

The Story of an African Farm

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Topic

Mothers and sons

Author

Olive Schreiner

Source

The Story of an African Farm

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1883 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Writer

From

South Africa Africa

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Original Citation

Schreiner, Olive [published as Ralph Iron]. The Story of an African Farm. Chapman & Hall, 1883, pt. 2, ch. 4.

Current Citation

Schreiner, Olive. The Story of an African Farm. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 2, ch. 4.

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The masters have been done away with; the morality of the common man has triumphed.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Genealogy of Morals

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Topic
The common man Morality

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
Genealogy of Morals
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1887 1880s 19th century
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Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Zur Genealogie der Moral: Eine Streitschrift [On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemic]. Leipzig: Verlag von C. G. Neumann, 1887, essay 1.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. On the Genealogy of Morals, translated by Michael A. Scarpitti. Penguin Classics, 2014, essay 1.