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The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:
The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

God

Numbers 6:24-26

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Topic

God's blessing

Speaker

God

Source

Numbers The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Numbers 6:24-26).

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Topic

Women's equality Equality Feminism Declaration of Independence

Speaker

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1848 1840s 19th century

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Citation

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. "Declaration of Sentiments." Women's Rights Convention. 19 July 1848, Wesleyan Chapel, Seneca Falls, NY, USA.

I hope I die before I get old.

The Who

My Generation

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Topic

Old age

Speaker

The Who

Source

My Generation

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Statement Type

Wish

Language

English

Time

1965 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Townshend, Peter. My Generation. Performed by The Who. Brunswick Records, 1965.

My task... To make you hear, to make you feel—it is, before all, to make you see. That—and no more, and it is everything.

Joseph Conrad

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Topic

Artist and audience

Author

Joseph Conrad

Source

The Nigger of the Narcissus

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

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Original Citation

Conrad, Joseph. The Nigger of the "Narcissus": A Tale of the Forecastle. London: Heinemann, 1897, preface.

Current Citation

Conrad, Joseph. "The Nigger of the '"Narcissus.'" The Secret Sharer and Other Stories. W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, preface.

Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

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Topic

Pursuing women Men and women

Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Source

The Scarlet Letter

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1850 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter: A Romance. Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, 1850, ch. 15.

Current Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter, edited by Brian Harding. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 15.

Eventually it comes to you: the thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely.

Lorraine Hansberry

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Topic

Uniqueness of each person

Author

Lorraine Hansberry

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Hansberry, Lorraine. Diary entry. 1 May 1962.

In a racially divided society majority rule is not a reliable instrument of democracy.

Lani Guinier

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Topic

Democratic theory Democracy

Author

Lani Guinier

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Guinier, Lani. "Second Proms and Second Primaries." Boston Review, 1 Sept. 1992.

The happy ending is our national belief.

Mary McCarthy

America the Beautiful

On Americans.

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Topic

American culture

Author

Mary McCarthy

Source

America the Beautiful Commentary Magazine

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1947 1940s 20th century

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Citation

McCarthy, Mary. "America the Beautiful: The Humanist in the Bathtub." Commentary Magazine, Sept. 1947.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Gabriel Manigault

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Topic

Friends and enemies

Author

Gabriel Manigault

Language

English

Time

1884 1880s 19th century

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Citation

Manigault, Gabriel. A Political Creed: Embracing Some Ascertained Truths in Sociology and Politics. New York: Wynkoop & Hallenbeck, 1884, ch. 27.

The legal theory is, that marriage makes the husband and wife one person, and that person is the husband.

Lucretia Mott

Discourse on Woman

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Topic

Marriage and law Marriage

Speaker

Lucretia Mott

Source

Discourse on Woman

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1849 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Mott, Lucretia. "Discourse on Woman." 17 Dec. 1849, Philadelphia's Assembly Hall, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Lecture.

Current Citation

Mott, Lucretia. "Lucretia Mott: Why Should Not Woman Seek to Be a Reformer?" Great Speeches by American Women, edited by James Daley. Dover Publications, 2007.

When one subtracts from life infancy (which is vegetation),—sleep, eating, and swilling—buttoning and unbuttoning—how much remains of downright existence? The summer of a dormouse.

Lord Byron

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Topic

Nature of life

Author

Lord Byron

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1813 1810s 19th century

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Citation

Lord Byron. Journal entry. 7 Dec. 1813.

To abolish the fences of laws between men—as tyranny does—means to take away man's liberties and destroy freedom as a living political reality; for the space between men as it is hedged in by laws, is the living space of freedom.

Hannah Arendt

The Origins of Totalitarianism

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Topic

Rule of law

Author

Hannah Arendt

Source

The Origins of Totalitarianism

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Arendt, Hannah. The Origins of Totalitarianism. Schocken Books, 1951, pt. 3, ch. 13.

The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities.

Allan Bloom

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Topic

Tyranny Overton window Freedom of thought

Author

Allan Bloom

Source

The Closing of the American Mind

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Bloom, Allan. The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students. Simon & Schuster, 1987, pt. 3.

On the breast of her gown, in fine red cloth, surrounded with an elaborate embroidery and fantastic flourishes of gold thread, appeared the letter A.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

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Topic

Stigma Outsiders and outcasts

Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Source

The Scarlet Letter

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1850 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter: A Romance. Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, 1850, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter, edited by Brian Harding. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 2.

There's not a string attuned to mirth
But has its chord in melancholy.

Thomas Hood

Ode to Melancholy

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Topic

Yin and yang Melancholy

Author

Thomas Hood

Source

Ode to Melancholy

Language

English

Time

1827 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hood, Thomas. "Ode to Melancholy." The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur and Other Poems. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green/Philadelphia: E. Littell, 1827.

Current Citation

Hood, Thomas. "Ode to Melancholy." Selected Poems of Thomas Hood. Harvard University Press, 1970.

I'm funny how? I mean, funny like I'm a clown? I amuse you? I make you laugh? I'm here to fuckin' amuse you?... How the fuck am I funny? What the fuck is so funny about me? Tell me, tell me what's funny.

Joe Pesci

Goodfellas

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Topic

Being funny

Speaker

Tommy DeVito

Actor

Joe Pesci

Source

Goodfellas

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Crime

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Goodfellas. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Warner Bros., 1990.

Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light;
I have loved the stars too truly to be fearful of the night.

Sarah Williams

The Old Astronomer

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Topic

Fear of death Death

Author

Sarah Williams

Source

The Old Astronomer

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1868 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Williams, Sarah. "The Old Astronomer." Twilight Hours: A Legacy of Verse. Strahan and Co., 1868, I. 15.

During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.

Al Gore

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Topic

The internet

Speaker

Al Gore

Source

CNN

Medium

Interview

Statement Type

Political gaffe

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Gore, Al. Interviewed by Wolf Blitzer. CNN, 9 Mar. 1999.

There is no such thing as justice-in or out of court.

Clarence Darrow

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Topic

Elusiveness of justice Justice

Speaker

Clarence Darrow

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1936 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Darrow, Clarence. Interview in Chicago. Apr. 1936.

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Topic

Nature of life Life

Speaker

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1911 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. "The Class of '61." Fiftieth Anniversary of Graduation of the Harvard Class of 1861. 28 June 1911, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Current Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. "The Class of '61." The Essential Holmes, edited by Richard A. Posner. University of Chicago Press, 1997.