Rural vs. urban

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The country places and the trees won't teach me anything, and the people in the city do.

Socrates

Quoted in Phaedrus, by Plato

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Topic

Rural vs. urban Cities

Speaker

Socrates

Author

Plato

Source

Phaedrus

Medium

Philosophical dialogue Dialogue

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

370 BC 370s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Φαῖδρος [Phaedrus], written by Plato. c. 370 BC.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in "Phaedrus." Plato: Lysis; Symposium; Phaedrus, written by Plato, translated by Christopher Emlyn-Jones and William Preddy. Harvard University Press, 2022.

I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries; as long as they are chiefly agricultural; and this will be as long as there shall be vacant lands in any part of America. When they get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, they will become corrupt as in Europe.

Thomas Jefferson

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Rural vs. urban

Author

Thomas Jefferson

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1787 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

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Original Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to James Madison. 20 Dec. 1787.

Current Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. "James Madison, Dec. 20, 1787." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Autobiography, The Declaration of Independence & His Public and Private Letters, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.

Away, away, from men and towns,
To the wild wood and the downs.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

To Jane: The Invitation

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Topic

Escape to nature Rural vs. urban

Author

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Source

To Jane: The Invitation

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1822 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "The Pine Forest of the Cascine near Pisa." Posthumous Poems. London: John and Henry L. Hunt, 1824, I. 21.

Current Citation

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "To Jane. The Invitation." Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Major Works, edited by Zachary Leader and Michael O'Neill. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 21.

It was divine nature which gave us the country, and man's skill that built the cities.

Marcus Terentius Varro

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Topic

Rural vs. urban Cities

Author

Marcus Terentius Varro

Source

On Agriculture (Varro)

Language

Latin

Time

27 BC 20s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Varro, Marcus Terentius. Rerum rusticarum libri tres [Three Books on Agriculture]. 1st century BC, bk. 3.

I see the rural virtues leave the land.

Oliver Goldsmith

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Topic

Rural vs. urban Urbanization

Author

Oliver Goldsmith

Source

The Deserted Village

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1770 1770s 18th century

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Citation

Goldsmith, Oliver. The Deserted Village. London: W. Griffin, 1770, I. 398.

He likes the country, but in truth must own,
Most likes it, when he studies it in town.

William Cowper

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Rural vs. urban

Author

William Cowper

Source

Retirement Poems by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq.

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1782 1780s 18th century

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Citation

Cowper, William. "Retirement." Poems by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq. London: J. Johnson, 1782.

If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city.

Charles Caleb Colton

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Topic

Small town life Cities Rural vs. urban

Author

Charles Caleb Colton

Source

Lacon

Language

English

Time

1820 1820s 19th century

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Citation

Colton, Charles Caleb. Lacon: Or Many Things In Few Words Addressed To Those Who Think. Vol. 1, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820.

Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

Genesis 25:27

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Topic

Jacob and Esau Rural vs. urban

Source

Genesis The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 25:27).

God made the country, and man made the town.

Wililam Cowper

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Rural vs. urban

Author

Wililam Cowper

Source

The Task

Language

English

Time

1785 1780s 18th century

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Original Citation

Cowper, William. The Task. London: Joseph Johnson, 1785, bk. 1.

Current Citation

Cowper, William. "The Task." William Cowper: The Task and Selected Other Poems, edited by James Sambrook. Routledge, 2016, bk. 1.

All great art is born of the metropolis.

Ezra Pound

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Topic

Cities Rural vs. urban

Author

Ezra Pound

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1913 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Pound, Ezra. Letter to Harriet Monroe. 7 Nov. 1913.

The bourgeoisie has subjected the country to the rule of the towns. It has created enormous cities, has greatly increased the urban population as compared with the rural, and has thus rescued a considerable part of the population from the idiocy of rural life.

Karl Marx

The Communist Manifesto

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Topic

Urbanization Small town life Rural vs. urban Bourgeoisie

Author

Karl Marx

Source

The Communist Manifesto

Medium

Pamphlet

Genre

Political literature Economic literature

Language

German

Time

1848 1840s 19th century

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Original Citation

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels [published anonymously]. Manifest der kommunistischen Partei [Manifesto of the Communist Party]. London: Gedruckt in der Office der Bildungs-Gesellschaft für Arbeiter, 1848.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto, translated by Samuel Moore and Friedrich Engels. Penguin Classics, 2002.

The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.

Sherlock Holmes

The Adventure of the Copper Beeches

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Rural vs. urban

Speaker

Sherlock Holmes

Author

Arthur Conan Doyle

Source

The Adventure of the Copper Beeches

Medium

Short story Magazine

Genre

Detective fiction

Language

English

Time

1892 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Doyle, Arthur Conan. "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches." The Strand Magazine. London, 1892.

Current Citation

Doyle, Arthur Conan. "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches." The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library. Detective Fiction, 2010.