| Evidence: | Passages transcribed in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book (1935-6) include quotation from letter of Herman Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne:
' "I stand for the heart. To the dogs with the head! The reason the mass of men fear God and at bottom dislike him, is because they rather distrust His heart, and fancy him all brain like a watch' ". |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1935 and 31 Dec 1936 | ||||||||||
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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: | Herman Melville |
| Title: | Letter to Nathaniel Hawthorne, ?1 June 1851 |
| Genre: | Other religious, Autobiog / Diary |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 21057 | |
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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: | 100 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book (London, 1985), p. 100, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21057, accessed: 05 June 2023 | |
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