Henry Wadsworth Longfellow vs. Joseph Joubert

Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1807 – 1882

Education
United States
Romanticism

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator. His original works include the poems "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was the first American to completely translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and was one of the fireside poets from New England.

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"As Unto the bow the the cord is ,So unto the man is woman;Though she bends him, she obeys him,Though she draws him , yet she follows:Useless each without the ot…"

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Joseph Joubert

Joseph Joubert

1754 – 1824

Literature
France

Joseph Joubert was a French moralist and essayist, remembered today largely for his Pensées (Thoughts), which were published posthumously.

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"To speak with his imagination, but to think with his reason."

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Connections

Joseph Joubert was influenced by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Shared era: 1807 – 1824