If you want work well done, select a busy man.

Elbert Hubbard

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Topic

Busyness

Author

Elbert Hubbard

Language

English

Time

1916 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Artist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Hubbard, Elbert. The Philosophy of Elbert Hubbard. Roycrofters, 1916.

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Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky.

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Topic
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Source
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Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1915 1910s 20th century
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Original Citation

Eliot, T. S. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, June 1915, I. 1.

Current Citation

Eliot, T. S. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." The Waste Land and Other Poems. Vintage, 2021, I. 1.

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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I ––
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost

The Road Not Taken

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Taking a different path Following the crowd

Author

Robert Frost
Source
The Road Not Taken
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1916 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Frost, Robert. "The Road Not Taken." Mountain Interval. Henry Holt, 1916, st. 4, I. 3.

Current Citation

Frost, Robert. "The Road Not Taken." Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays, edited by Richard Poirier and Mark Richardson. Library of America, 1995, st. 4, I. 3.