Brainy Quote ~ Washington Irving 002 “A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.” ~ Washington Irving 002 ~ Ok "Hati yang baik adalah sumber kegembiraan, membuat segala sesuatu yang segar di sekitarnya menjadi senyuman." ~ Washington Irving 002 ~ Ok Menurut Anda, apakah sumber kegembiraan? Apakah kekayaan yang melimpah? Apakah kejayaan karena jabatan yang tinggi? Ataukah karena memiliki lebih banyak dari orang lain? Sebenarnya tidak satupun yang disebutkan di atas. Sumber kegembiraan adalah hati yang baik dengan tidak memandang rendah orang lain dan tidak merasa diri tinggi sendiri. Hati yang baik akan membuat segala sesuatunya menjadi indah. Hati yang baik menebar senyuman sepanjang waktu. Seperti quote yang disampaikan oleh Washington Irving, seorang penulis kelahiran New York City – Amerika Serikat, hidup dalam rentang tahun 1783-1859, ‘A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.’ Secara bebas diterjemahkan, ‘Hati yang baik adalah sumber kegembiraan, membuat segala sesuatu yang segar di sekitarnya menjadi senyuman.’ Pandanglah hidup ini sebagai anugerah. Buatlah sesama manusia sebagai sahabat. Jadikan perbedaan sebagai sesuatu kekayaan untuk saling memahami. Dengan demikian, tidak ada iri dengki antar sesama. Setiap orang akan hidup berdampingan dengan saling menebar senyum. Dengan berbaik hati akan membuat suasana segar dan menghasilkan inspirasi bagi setiap orang. Tidak ada pertentangan! Tidak ada saling menjatuhkan! Tidak ada saling mengklaim, aku yang terbaik atau paling benar! Semua akan hidup selaras dengan hukum alam. Satu dengan yang lain saling mendukung dan menopang. Tidak ada yang terjatuh karena perlakuan yang lain. Kita hidup saling menghargai dan saling memberi. Itulah hidup yang diciptakan dengan hati yang gembira. Memandang orang lain sebagai cerminan diri. Saya ada karena orang lain. Demikian juga, dia Brainy Quote ~ Washington Irving 002 Page 1 ada karena keberadaanku. Semua berjalan secara harmonis. Kita hidup saling menebar senyum karena kita saling membutuhkan. Indonesia, 13 Januari 2019 Riset Corporation --- Washington Irving Biography.com Writer (1783–1859) Famed 19th century American author Washington Irving is known for his biographical works and such stories as 'Rip Van Winkle' and 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.' Synopsis Author Washington Irving was born in New York City in 1783. He achieved international fame for the fictional stories "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," as well as for such biographical works as A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus. Irving also served as the U.S. ambassador to Spain in the 1840s, and pushed for stronger copyright laws before his death in 1859. Early Years and Career Washington Irving was born on April 3, 1783, in New York City. The youngest of 11 children of Scottish- English immigrant parents William Sr. and Sarah, he was named after George Washington, the hero of the just-completed American Revolution, and attended the presidential inauguration of his namesake in 1789. Educated privately, Irving began writing essays under the pen name Jonathan Oldstyle for the Morning Chronicle, which was edited by older brother Peter. After touring Europe from 1804-06, he returned to New York City to practice law – through by his own admission, he was not a good student, and in 1806 he barely passed the bar. Preferring to indulge his creative impulses, Irving teamed with friend James Kirke Paulding and oldest brother William to publish Salamagundi, a periodical of humorous essays. In a similar vein, he penned the History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker(1809), a satirical work that earned the writer widespread acclaim. Despite the early successes, Irving's career stalled as he sought to figure out what to do next. He landed a job as editor of Analectic Magazine, and briefly served in the military during the War of 1812. European Residency and Fame In 1815, Washington Irving traveled to England to help his brothers with the floundering family business. When that endeavor failed, he composed a collection of stories and essays that became The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Published in several installments over the course of 1819-20, The Sketch Book contained two of the author's most famous works, "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," and made him a literary star both in England and the United States. Irving followed with Bracebridge Hall (1822), and then Tales of a Traveller (1824). After accepting an invitation from the U.S. Minister to Spain, he moved to Madrid in 1826 and embarked on extensive research for A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (1828), as well as the works that became Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada (1829) and Tales of the Alhambra (1832). Irving was then appointed secretary of the U.S. legation to London in 1829, a post he held until 1832. Brainy Quote ~ Washington Irving 002 Page 2 Later Years, Death and Legacy Upon returning to the U.S. in 1832, Washington Irving visited some of the little-known territories off the western fringes of the country, an expedition that inspired A Tour on the Prairies (1835). Continuing the western frontier theme, he wrote Astoria (1836), an account of the formation of John Jacob Astor's fur company, followed by The Adventures of Captain Bonneville (1837). After another stint abroad as U.S. minister to Spain (1842-46), Irving spent his later years at his New York estate of "Sunnyside," which served as a meeting place for the leading writers, artists and politicians of his era. He turned out a succession of mainly historical and biographical works during this time, including the five-volume Life of George Washington (1855-59). Irving passed away at his estate on November 28, 1859. Considered perhaps the first true American writer, Irving sought to nurture his successors and pushed for stronger laws to protect writers from copyright infringement. The terminology of his works seeped into American popular culture, with monikers such as "knickerbocker" and "Gotham" becoming affiliated with New York City. Underscoring the endurance of his fictional creations, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was adapted into a 1999 film by director Tim Burton, and served as the basis for a TV series in 2013. Adopted from: https://www.biography.com/people/washington-irving-9350087 Washington Irving AMERICAN AUTHOR WRITTEN BY: The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica Washington Irving, (born April 3, 1783, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Nov. 28, 1859, Tarrytown, N.Y.), writer called the “first American man of letters.” He is best known for the short stories “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle.” The favourite and last of 11 children of an austere Presbyterian father and a genial Anglican mother, young, frail Irving grew up in an atmosphere of indulgence. He escaped a college education, which his father required of his older sons, but read intermittently at the law, notably in the office of Josiah Ogden Hoffman, with whose pretty daughter Matilda he early fell in love. He wrote a series of whimsically satirical essays over the signature of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent., published in Peter Irving’s newspaper, the Morning Chronicle, in 1802–03. He made several trips up the Hudson, another into Canada for his health, and took an extended tour of Europe in 1804–06. On his return he passed the bar examination late in 1806 and soon set up as a lawyer. But during 1807– 08 his chief occupation was to collaborate with his brother William and James K. Paulding in the writing of a series of 20 periodical essays entitled Salmagundi. Concerned primarily with passing phases of contemporary society, the essays retain significance as an index to the social milieu. His A History of New York . by Diedrich Knickerbocker (1809) was a comic history of the Dutch regime in New York, prefaced by a mock-pedantic account of the world from creation onward. Its writing was interrupted in April 1809 by the sudden death of Matilda Hoffman, as grief incapacitated him. In 1811 he moved to Washington, D.C., as a lobbyist for the Irving brothers’ hardware-importing firm, but his life seemed aimless for some years. He prepared an American edition of Thomas Campbell’s poems, edited the Analectic Magazine, and acquired a staff colonelcy during the War of 1812. In 1815 he went to Liverpool to look after the interests of his brothers’ firm. In London he met Sir Walter Scott, who encouraged him to renewed effort. The result was The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent (1819– 20), a collection of stories and essays that mix satire and whimsicality with fact and fiction. Most of the Brainy Quote ~ Washington Irving 002 Page 3 book’s 30-odd pieces concern Irving’s impressions of England, but six chapters deal with American subjects. Of these, the tales “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle” have been called the first American short stories. They are both Americanized versions of German folktales. The main character of “Rip Van Winkle” is a henpecked husband who sleeps for 20 years and awakes as an old man to find his wife dead, his daughter happily married, and America now an independent country. The tremendous success of The Sketch Book in both England and the United States assured Irving that he could live by his pen. In 1822 he produced Bracebridge Hall, a sequel to The Sketch Book. He traveled in Germany, Austria, France, Spain, the British Isles, and later in his own country. Early in 1826 he accepted the invitation of Alexander H. Everett to attach himself to the American legation in Spain, where he wrote his Columbus (1828), followed by The Companions of Columbus (1831).