Evidence: | Passages transcribed in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book for 1927 include Oscar Browning's reflections, quoted in H. E. Wortham's biography of him, on the potential of the human mind, and the chances governing realisation, or non-realisation of this ('I have been drawn to think rather of the tens who have failed than of the units who have succeeded, and of the ore that lies buried in our social strata rather than of the bright coins which circulate from hand to hand'). |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jun 1927 and 31 Dec 1927 | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Edward Morgan Forster |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1 Jan 1879 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | H. E. Wortham |
Title: | Oscar Browning |
Genre: | Biography |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1927 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 20831 | |
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Author: | E. M. Forster | |
Editor: | Philip Gardner | |
Title: | Commonplace Book | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1985 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 31-32 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book (London, 1985), p. 31-32, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20831, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
Passage quoted from pp.204-5 in text. |
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