There were two classes of charitable people; one, the people who did a little and made a great deal of noise; the other, the people who did a great deal and made no noise at all.

Charles Dickens

Bleak House

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Topic

Generosity Charity

Author

Charles Dickens

Source

Bleak House

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1852 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Dickens, Charles. Bleak House. London: Bradbury & Evans, May 1852, issue 3, ch. 8.

Current Citation

Dickens, Charles. Bleak House. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 8.

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I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.

Walt Whitman

Song of Myself

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Topic
Grass Stars Big vs. small

Author

Walt Whitman
Source
Song of Myself Leaves of Grass
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1855 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York: Self-published, 1855, poem 1.

Current Citation

Whitman, Walt. "Song of Myself." Leaves of Grass and Other Writings. W. W. Norton & Company, 2002, sect. 31.