Forces of history

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Longing on a large scale is what makes history.

Don DeLillo

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Topic

Forces of history Desire

Author

Don DeLillo

Source

Underworld

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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Citation

DeLillo, Don. Underworld. Scribner, 1997, prologue.

Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.

Adam Ferguson

An Essay on the History of Civil Society

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Topic

Randomness Forces of history

Author

Adam Ferguson

Source

An Essay on the History of Civil Society

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1767 1760s 18th century

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Original Citation

Ferguson, Adam. "Of the History of Policy and Arts." An Essay on the History of Civil Society. London: A. Millar & T. Caddel, 1767.

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Ferguson, Adam. "Of the History of Policy and Arts." Ferguson: An Essay on the History of Civil Society, edited by Fania Oz-Salzberger. Cambridge University Press, 1996.

The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions, and would soon bring to an end all the static Utopias and the farmyard civilization of the Fabians.

William Ralph Inge

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Topic

Forces of history History Boredom

Author

William Ralph Inge

Source

End of an Age

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Inge, William Ralph. The End of an Age and Other Essays. Putnam, 1948, ch. 6.

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

Samuel Butler (Novelist)

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Topic

Forces of history Progress

Author

Samuel Butler (Novelist)

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1902 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Samuel Butler. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler, edited by Henry Festing Jones. A. C. Fifield, 1912, ch. 1.