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title: "4 A. Roger Ekirch Quotes"
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# A. Roger Ekirch

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Arthur Roger Ekirch is University Distinguished Professor of history at Virginia Tech in the United States. He was a Guggenheim fellow in 1998.

##  Quotes by A. Roger Ekirch

> [“Night knew no bounds. Goethe, on a moonlit evening in Naples, was “overwhelmed by a feeling of infinite space.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-roger-ekirch/night-knew-no-bounds-goethe-on-a-moonlit-evening-in-naples-was/)

[A. Roger Ekirch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-roger-ekirch/)

[Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goethe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba8/a-roger-ekirch-70696_goethe_night-knew-no-bounds-goethe-on-a-moonlit_74427.jpg)

> [“An alleyway ran from Christ Church Lane (on the western edge of the cathedral) to the Courts’ rear. As dark as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-roger-ekirch/an-alleyway-ran-from-christ-church-lane-on-the-western-edge-of-the/)

[A. Roger Ekirch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-roger-ekirch/)

[Hell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1f/a-roger-ekirch-70696_quote_an-alleyway-ran-from-christ-church-lane_1137046.jpg)

> [“Nyx, born of Chaos in Greek mythology, was the goddess of “all-subduing” night who, in the Iliad, makes even Zeus tremble.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-roger-ekirch/nyx-born-of-chaos-in-greek-mythology-was-the-goddess-of-all-subduing/)

[A. Roger Ekirch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-roger-ekirch/)

[Greek mythology](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/greek-mythology/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bb/a-roger-ekirch-70696_greek-mythology_nyx-born-of-chaos-in-greek-mythology-was_1222827.jpg)

> [“Let the night teach us what we are, and the day what we should be. THOMAS TRYON, 16911 T”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-roger-ekirch/let-the-night-teach-us-what-we-are-and-the-day-what-we-should-be/)

[A. Roger Ekirch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-roger-ekirch/)

[Night](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/night/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75c/a-roger-ekirch-70696_night_let-the-night-teach-us-what-we-are-and-t_2270833.jpg)

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