Nineteenth Quotes

157 Nineteenth quotes by 141 unique authors

Modern political science started in the late nineteenth century as a branch of history. — Jill Lepore
Nineteenth-century grass-roots populism made twentieth-century progressivism possible. — Jill Lepore
Nineteenth-century English literature I know; 19th-century sewage systems, not so much. — Glen Duncan
All three of the great waves of nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century European immigrants to America innovated. — Malcolm Gladwell
It is useful to compare the Branch Davidians with the Mormons of the mid-nineteenth century. The Mormons were vilified in those years in large part… — Malcolm Gladwell
The financial history of the Baltimore and Ohio since the close of the nineteenth century is interesting chiefly in connection with changes in the control… — John Moody
If any imagine from the literary tone of the preceding remarks that we are indifferent to the radical movement for the benefit of the masses… — George Ripley
Pacifist propaganda and the resolutions of the parliamentarians encouraged such treaties, and toward the end of the nineteenth century their number had increased considerably. — Ludwig Quidde
The book, you understand, was not written for publication. It was the portrayal of my emotions, the analysis of my own soul life during three… — Mary MacLane
The hope that poverty and ignorance may gradually be extinguished, derives indeed much support from the steady progress of the working classes during the nineteenth… — Alfred Marshall
When I went to college, I majored in American literature, which was unusual then. But it meant that I was broadly exposed to nineteenth-century American… — Marilynne Robinson
At the beginning of the nineteenth century we abandoned tradition, it's at that point that I intend to renew it because the present is built… — Adolf Loos
It is by no means improbable that some future textbook, for the use of generations yet unborn, will contain a question something like this: What… — Unknown Author
Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose. The nineteenth century, as we know it, is largely an… — Oscar Wilde
If the twentieth century is to be better than the nineteenth, it will be because there are among us men who walk in Priestley's footsteps....To… — Unknown Author
Nostalgia is one of the great enemies of clear thinking about the family. The disruption of families in the nineteenth century through death, separation, and… — Unknown Author
It's interesting because with a lot of people who I've met in comedy, it seems not to matter what your background is. In terms of… — Ellie Kemper

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