In God's wildness lies the hope of the world—the great fresh unblighted, unredeemed wilderness.

John Muir

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Topic

Wilderness Man and nature Nature

Author

John Muir

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1890 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Naturalist Conservationist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Muir, John. Journal entry. July 1890.

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One writes only half the book; the other half is with the reader.

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Topic
Interpretation and analysis Artist and audience

Author

Joseph Conrad
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1897 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Conrad, Joseph. Letter to Cunninghame Graham. 5 Aug. 1897.

Current Citation

Conrad, Joseph. Joseph Conrad's Letters to R. B. Cunninghame Graham. Cambridge University Press, 2011.

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Nature abhors a vacuum.

Baruch Spinoza

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Author

Baruch Spinoza
Source
Ethics
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Axioms and precepts
Language
Latin
Time
1677 1670s 17th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Spinoza, Baruch. Ethica, Ordine Geometrico Desmonstrata [Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order]. 1677, pt. 1, prop. 15, note.

Current Citation

Spinoza, Benedict. Ethics, translated by Michael Silverthorne and Matthew J. Kinser. Cambridge University Press, 2018, pt. 1, prop. 15, note.