Where is human nature so weak as in a book-store!

Henry Ward Beecher

Star Papers

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Topic

Books

Author

Henry Ward Beecher

Source

Star Papers

Language

English

Time

1854 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Clergyman Abolitionist

From

United States

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Citation

Beecher, Henry Ward. Star Papers; or, Experiences of Art and Nature. New York: J. C. Derby, 1855, ch. 21.

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Abraham Lincoln

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Topic
Equanimity
Speaker
Abraham Lincoln
Source
Address Before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1859 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Address Before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin." 30 Sept. 1859, Milwaukee, WI, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 30, 1859." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

Franz Kafka

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Topic
Self-discovery Power of literature Books

Author

Franz Kafka
Source
Letters of Franz Kafka
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
German
Time
1904 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Kafka, Franz. Letter to Oskar Pollak. 27 Jan. 1904.

Current Citation

Kafka, Franz. Franz Kafka: Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors, translated by Richard and Clara Winston. Schocken, 1990.