“The task of youth is not only its own salvation but the salvation of those against whom it rebels, but in that case there must be something vital to rebel against and if the elderly stiffly refuse to put up a vigorous front of their own, it leaves the entire situation in a mist.”
The Second Twenty Years at Hull-House (1930)
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Paul Stewart (July 10, 2005) "The Used gladly sold their souls", The Sunday Telegraph, News Limited, p. 20.

The Crisis No. III.
1770s, The American Crisis (1776–1783)

“Rebel you against sadness. The spirit of the rebels is fiery and thrives on emotion.”
Original: Ribellatevi alla tristezza. Lo spirito dei ribelli è ardente e vive di emozioni.
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Source: The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, and Other Stories

Part 2: Metaphysical Rebellion
The Rebel (1951)
Context: The ancients, even though they believed in destiny, believed primarily in nature, in which they participated wholeheartedly. To rebel against nature amounted to rebelling against oneself. It was butting one's head against a wall.

“Procrastination is the soul rebelling against entrapment.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 8