If we put together all that we have learned from anthropology and ethnography about primitive men and primitive society, we perceive that the first task of life is to live. Men begin with acts, not with thoughts.

William Graham Sumner

Folkways

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Topic

Taking action Thoughts vs. actions

Author

William Graham Sumner

Source

Folkways

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

1906 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Academic Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Sumner, William Graham. Folkways: A Study of Mores, Manners, Customs and Morals. Ginn & Company, 1906, ch. 1.

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Peter Pan

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Topic
Death

Author

James M. Barrie
Source
Peter Pan
Medium
Play
Language
English
Time
1904 1900s 20th century
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Original Citation

Barrie, James M. Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up. Performed by Gerald du Maurier, Nina Boucicault, Joan Burnett, Christine Silver, A.W. Baskcomb, and Alice DuBarry. 27 Dec. 1904, Duke of York's Theatre, Westminster, London, England, UK, act 3.

Current Citation

Barrie, James M. Peter Pan. Reader's Library Classics, 2022, ch. 8.