Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need.

Emily Dickinson

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Topic

Success

Author

Emily Dickinson

Source

Success is Counted Sweetest Brooklyn Daily Union

Medium

Poem Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1864 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Dickinson, Emily, [published anonymously]. "Success is Counted Sweetest." Brooklyn Daily Union, 27 April 1864, I. 1.

Current Citation

Dickinson, Emily. "Success is Counted Sweetest." Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them, edited by Cristanne Miller. Belknap Press, 2016, I. 1.

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Time
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Current Citation

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Fred Rogers

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Topic
Recognition Achievement Success Self-worth
Speaker
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Source
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Medium
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Genre
Commencement address
Statement Type
Advice
Language
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Time
2002 2000s 21st century
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Another quote from 1864

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

Victor Hugo

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Topic
Limits of language

Author

Victor Hugo
Source
William Shakespeare
Language
French
Time
1864 1860s 19th century
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Citation

Hugo, Victor. William Shakespeare. Paris: Lacroix & Verboeckhoven & Cie, 1864, pt. 1, bk. 2, ch. 4.