What a good thing Adam had—when he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before.

Mark Twain

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Originality

Author

Mark Twain

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Journals of Mark Twain

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1867 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Humorist Novelist Writer

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United States

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Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Notebook, edited by Albert Bigelow Paine. The Mark Twain Company, 1932, ch. 6. Originally from Notebook, 2 July 1867.

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

Susan B. Anthony

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Women's rights Women's equality Men and women

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Susan B. Anthony
Source
The Revolution
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English
Time
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Another quote from 1867

When I heard the learn'd astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.

Walt Whitman

When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer

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Spending time in nature The night sky Experiencing things

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Walt Whitman
Source
When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer Leaves of Grass
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1867 1860s 19th century
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Whitman, Walt. "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer." Leaves of Grass. New York: Self-published, 1867, I. 1. Originally published in Drum-Taps. New York: Peter Eckler, 1865, I. 1.