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Lafcadio Hearn, born on June 27, 1850, and died on September 26, 1904, was a renowned writer. His works spanned various fields such as literature, folklore, and travel literature, known for his unique perspective and profound insights.

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“Of course, the simple explanation of the fact is that marriage is the most important act of man's life in Europe or America, and that everything depends upon it.”

Men Important Facts America Courses Literature Simple Depends Europe Explanation

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“It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East more than in modern Europe; but in all European literature short forms of poetry are to be found - indeed quite as short as anything in Japanese.”

Has Beens Form Found Literature Modern Europe East

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“There are two methods for the literary study of any book - the first being the study of its thought and emotion; the second only that of its workmanship. A student of literature should study some of the Bible from both points of view.”

Should Firsts Two Book Literature Views Emotion Study Students Method Point Of View Thoughts And Emotions Workmanship

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“Contemporary literature in the West has shown some signs of ethical change.”

Literature West Contemporary Ethical Contemporary Literature

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“I often imagine that the longer he studies English literature the more the Japanese student must be astonished at the extraordinary predominance given to the passion of love both in fiction and in poetry.”

Passion Literature Given Fiction Study Imagine Students Extraordinary Imagine That English Literature Love Passion

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“It is no exaggeration to say that the English Bible is, next to Shakespeare, the greatest work in English literature, and that it will have much more influence than even Shakespeare upon the written and spoken language of the English race.”

Next Literature Language Race Written Influence Exaggeration English Literature Spoken Language

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“Perhaps there is an idea among Japanese students that one general difference between Japanese and Western poetry is that the former cultivates short forms and the latter longer ones, gut this is only in part true.”

Ideas Form Literature Differences Students Western Former Guts Latter Poetry Is

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“The great principle of Western society is that competition rules here as it rules in everything else. The best man - that is to say, the strongest and cleverest - is likely to get the best woman, in the sense of the most beautiful person.”

Men Persons Beautiful Literature Principles Competition Western Strongest Western Society Beautiful Person

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“The proverbial philosophy of a people helps us to understand more about them than any other kind of literature.”

People Kind Philosophy Helping Literature Proverbial

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“It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than in morality.”

Has Beens Literature Modern Mankind Morality Motherhood Thinker

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“Accordingly the Northern races of Europe found their inspiration in the Bible; and the enthusiasm for it has not yet quite faded away.”

Inspiration Found Literature Race Europe Enthusiasm Faded

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“But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own; and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose.”

Values Found Literature Religious Special Originals Scripture Artistic Chinese Indian Prose Sublime Monument Hebrew Persian Religious Values Special Beauty

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“The subject of Finnish poetry ought to have a special interest for the Japanese student, if only for the reason that Finnish poetry comes more closely in many respects to Japanese poetry than any other form of Western poetry.”

Ifs Reason Form Literature Interest Special Subjects Students Ought Western Special Interests Finnish

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“As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to control himself under all circumstances, he has a great advantage over the savage.”

Men Able Literature Results Moral Circumstances Advantage Endure Civilized Savages Strain

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“In the world of reality the more beautiful a work of art, the longer, we may be sure, was the time required to make it, and the greater the number of different minds which assisted in its development.”

World Mind May Art Different Reality Beautiful Literature Numbers Greater Development Works Of Art Different Minds

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“There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny.”

Literature Natural Destiny Type Sorrow Ideals Misfortunes Fulfilling Maids Swagger Swag Old Maids Ideal Woman

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“A proof of really great art is that it is generally true - it seldom falls into the misapprehensions to which minor art is liable.”

Art Fall Literature Art Is Proof Minors Really Great Great Art Liable

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“At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.”

Made Lasts Literature Language Kings Versions English Language Monument Great Literary

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“But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth; that is the happiness of being truly loved.”

Earth Literature Heaven Lord Greater Mere Heaven And Earth

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“There was very little suicide among the men of the North, because every man considered it his duty to get killed, not to kill himself; and to kill himself would have seemed cowardly, as implying fear of being killed by others”

Men Littles Literature He Man Duty Suicide Every Man Cowardly Implying

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“The time of illusion, then, is the beautiful moment of passion; it represents the artistic zone in which the poet or romance writer ought to be free to do the very best that he can.”

Moments Beautiful Romance Passion Literature Poet Ought Illusion Artistic Zone Beautiful Moments

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“For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave one's literary education very incomplete.”

Reason Would Be Literature Study Relation Incomplete English Literature General Education General Knowledge

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About the Author

Born: June 27, 1850
Died: September 26, 1904
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 57

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