1865

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In despair there are the most intense enjoyments, especially when one is very acutely conscious of the hopelessness of one's position.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Notes from the Underground

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Topic

Hopelessness and despair Pleasure

Author

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Source

Notes from the Underground

Medium

Novel

Language

Russian

Time

1865 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. Записки изъ подполья [Notes from Underground]. Epoch, Jan-Apr. 1864.

Current Citation

Dostoevsky, Fyodor. "Notes from the Underground." Notes from the Underground and The Double, translated by Ronald Wilks. Penguin Classics, 2009.

Do good to those who hate you and turn their ill will to friendship.

Abraham Lincoln

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Topic

Friends and enemies Friends Enemies

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Herndon's Informants

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1865 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. Quoted by Mary Todd in Herndon's Informants. Interview with William H. Herndon. Sept. 1866.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. Quoted by Mary Todd in an interview with William H. Herndon, Sept. 1866. Herndon's Informants, edited by Douglas L. Wilson and Rodney O. Davis. University of Illinois Press, 1998.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

Charles Dickens

Our Mutual Friend

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Topic

Vulnerability Patience Gentleness

Speaker

Jenny Wren aka Fanny Cleaver

Author

Charles Dickens

Source

Our Mutual Friend

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1865 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Dickens, Charles. "Our Mutual Friend." All the Year Round. London: Chapman and Hall, Mar. 1865, pt. 11, bk. 3, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Dickens, Charles. Our Mutual Friend, edited by Adrian Poole. Penguin, 1998, bk. 3, ch. 2.

There is no time like the old time, when you and I were young.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

No Time like the Old Time

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Topic

The good old days

Author

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Source

No Time like the Old Time The Atlantic

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1865 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. "No Time like the Old Time." The Atlantic Monthly. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, Oct. 1865, st. 1.

We have unmistakable proof that throughout all past time, there has been a ceaseless devouring of the weak by the strong.

Herbert Spencer

The Principles of Biology

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Topic

Predator and prey

Author

Herbert Spencer

Source

The Principles of Biology

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1865 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Spencer, Herbert. The Principles of Biology. Vol. 1, London: Williams and Norgate, 1864, pt. 3, ch. 2.

For the creation of a master-work of literature two powers must concur, the power of the man and the power of the moment, and the man is not enough without the moment.

Matthew Arnold

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Topic

Literature

Author

Matthew Arnold

Language

English

Time

1865 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "The Function of Criticism at the Present Time." Essays in Criticism: First Series. London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1865.

Current Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "The Function of Criticism at the Present Time." Culture and Anarchy and Other Selected Prose. Penguin Classics, 2015.