The world

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The World in which we live and move
Outlasts aversion, outlasts love.
Outlasts each effort, interest, hope,
Remorse, grief, joy.

Matthew Arnold

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Topic

The world

Author

Matthew Arnold

Language

English

Time

1849 1840s 19th century

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Original Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "Resignation." The Strayed Reveller, and Other Poems. London: B. Fellowes, 1849, I. 213.

Current Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "Resignation." Dover Beach and Other Poems. Dover Publications, 2012, I. 213.

There is no land unhabitable nor sea innavigable.

Robert Thorne

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Topic

Man and nature The earth The world

Speaker

Robert Thorne

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1589 1580s 16th century

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Original Citation

Thorne, Robert. Letter to Dr. Ley. c. 1527.

Current Citation

Thorne, Robert. Quoted in Voyages and Discoveries: The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, by Richard Hakluyt. Penguin Books, 1972.

The world's a scene of changes, and to be Constant, in Nature were inconstancy.

Abraham Cowley

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Topic

Nature The world

Author

Abraham Cowley

Source

Inconstancy The Mistress

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1647 1640s 17th century

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Citation

Cowley, Abraham. "Inconstancy." The Mistress with Other Select Poems. London: self-published, 1647.

The world is becoming like a lunatic asylum run by lunatics.

David Lloyd George

Quoted in Observer

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Topic

Decline of civilization The world Decline

Speaker

David Lloyd George

Source

Observer

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

George, David Lloyd. The Observer. 8 Jan. 1933.