People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Topic

Worldview

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Worship The Conduct of Life

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1860 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Worship." The Conduct of Life. Boston: Ticknor & Fields/London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1860.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Worship.” The Conduct of Life, edited by Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, and Douglas Emory Wilson. Vol. 6, Belknap Press, 2004.

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Standing on the bare ground,—my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space,—all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nature

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Topic
Pantheism Interconnectedness of all things

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source
Nature
Language
English
Time
1836 1830s 19th century
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Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Nature. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1836, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Nature." Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays and Lectures. Library of America, 1983, ch. 1.

Another quote from the 1860s

Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.

Susan B. Anthony

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Topic
Women's rights Women's equality Men and women

Author

Susan B. Anthony
Source
The Revolution
Medium
Motto Newspaper
Statement Type
Motto
Language
English
Time
1868 1860s 19th century
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Citation

Anthony, Susan B. The Revolution. 15 Jan. 1868.

Another quote from 1860

Man is a creature that can get used to anything, and I think that is the best definition of him.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

The House of the Dead

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Topic
Adaptability Nature of man

Author

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Source
The House of the Dead
Medium
Novel
Statement Type
Definition
Language
Russian
Time
1860 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. "Записки из Мёртвого дома [The House of the Dead]." Vremya, 1860-1862.

Current Citation

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. The House of the Dead, translated by David McDuff. Penguin Classics, 1986.