About the island of Saint Helena
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839)
Source: http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/entry-305
“"Rationalism" is a historical concept that contains within itself a world of contradictions.”
Max Weber book The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Source: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1905; 1920), Ch. 2 : The "Spirit" of Capitalism
Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian
"The Beauty of the World" (c.1725), from the notebook The Images of Divine Things, The Shadows of Divine Things, The Language and Lessons of Nature (published 1948).
Bruce Fairchild Barton (1886–1967) American author, politician and advertising executive
"The Fine, Rare Habit of Learning to Do Without", Every Week magazine, as quoted in http://adventistdigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/adl:352018/datastream/PDF/view The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol 95, No 31, 1 August 1918, pp. 18-19
Haruki Murakami book South of the Border, West of the Sun
Source: South of the Border, West of the Sun
William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist
The Crystal Cabinet, st. 2
1800s, Poems from the Pickering Manuscript (c. 1805)
“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Mark Twain in Eruption: Hitherto Unpublished Pages About Men and Events (1940) edited by Bernard DeVoto
Arnold Tustin (1899–1994) British engineer
Arnold Tustin in: Rufus Oldenburger (1956) Frequency response. p. 139
