Template:RQ:Emerson Conduct of Life/documentation
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Usage
[edit]This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote Ralph Waldo Emerson's work The Conduct of Life (1st edition, 1860). It can be used to create a link to an online version of the work at the Internet Archive.
Parameters
[edit]The template takes the following parameters:
|1=or|essay=– the essay number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, from|essay=Ito|essay=IX. This parameter may be omitted if the page number quoted from is specified.
| Essay number | Title |
|---|---|
| I | Fate |
| II | Power |
| III | Wealth |
| IV | Culture |
| V | Behavior |
| VI | Worship |
| VII | Considerations by the Way |
| VIII | Beauty |
| IX | Illusions |
|2=or|page=, or|pages=– mandatory: the page number(s) quoted from. When quoting a range of pages, note the following:- Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this:
|pages=10–11. - You must also use
|pageref=to specify the page number that the template should link to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).
- Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this:
- You must specify this information to have the template determine the essay quoted from, and to link to the online version of the work.
|3=,|text=, or|passage=– the passage to be quoted.|footer=– a comment on the passage quoted.|brackets=– use|brackets=onto surround a quotation with brackets. This indicates that the quotation either contains a mere mention of a term (for example, "some people find the word manoeuvre hard to spell") rather than an actual use of it (for example, "we need to manoeuvre carefully to avoid causing upset"), or does not provide an actual instance of a term but provides information about related terms.
Examples
[edit]- Wikitext:
{{RQ:Emerson Conduct of Life|page=284|passage='Set me some great task, ye gods! and I will show my spirit.' 'Not so,' says the good Heaven; 'plod and plough, '''vamp''' your old coats and hats, weave a shoestring; great affairs and the best wine by and by.'}}(if the page number is specified, the template can determine the essay name); or{{RQ:Emerson Conduct of Life|essay=IX|page=284|passage='Set me some great task, ye gods! and I will show my spirit.' 'Not so,' says the good Heaven; 'plod and plough, '''vamp''' your old coats and hats, weave a shoestring; great affairs and the best wine by and by.'}}; or{{RQ:Emerson Conduct of Life|IX|284|'Set me some great task, ye gods! and I will show my spirit.' 'Not so,' says the good Heaven; 'plod and plough, '''vamp''' your old coats and hats, weave a shoestring; great affairs and the best wine by and by.'}}
- Result:
- 1860, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “Essay IX. Illusions.”, in The Conduct of Life, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 284:
- 'Set me some great task, ye gods! and I will show my spirit.' 'Not so,' says the good Heaven; 'plod and plough, vamp your old coats and hats, weave a shoestring; great affairs and the best wine by and by.'
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