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It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them; but on the contrary, men dive for them because they fetch a high price.

Richard Whately

Introductory Lectures on Political Economy

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What the world values

Speaker

Richard Whately

Source

Introductory Lectures on Political Economy

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1831 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Whately, Richard. "Introductory Lectures on Political Economy." 1831, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, UK. Lecture.

They have stabbed themselves for freedom-jumped into waves for freedom-starved for freedom-fought like very tigers for freedom! But they have been hung, and burned, and shot-and their tyrants have been their historians!

Lydia Maria Child

An Appeal on Behalf of That Class of Americans Called Africans

On American slaves.

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American slavery Black Americans

Author

Lydia Maria Child

Source

An Appeal on Behalf of That Class of Americans Called Africans

Language

English

Time

1833 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Child, Lydia Maria. An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans. Boston: Allen & Ticknor, 1833, ch. 6.

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it.

William Hazlitt

On Prejudice

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Overthinking

Author

William Hazlitt

Source

On Prejudice

Language

English

Time

1839 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Hazlitt, William. "On Prejudice." Sketches and Essays. London: John Templeman, 1839.

You may depend upon it, that a slight contrast of character is very material to happiness in marriage.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Happiness in marriage Marriage

Author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Source

Table Talk

Language

English

Time

1834 1830s 19th century

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Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "Parental Control of Marriage - Marriage of Cousins - Difference of Character, June 10, 1824." Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. London: John Murray, 1852.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge edited by Henry Nelson Coleridge (2nd ed 1836)." The Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, vol. 14: Table Talk, edited by Kathleen Coburn and Bart Winer. Princeton University Press, 2019.

Insurrection-by means of guerrilla bands-is the true method of warfare for all nations desirous of emancipating themselves from a foreign yoke.

Giuseppe Mazzini

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Anti-imperialism Rebellion Political theory

Author

Giuseppe Mazzini

Language

Italian

Time

1833 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Mazzani, Giuseppe. General Instructions for the Members of Young Italy. 1831, sect. 4.

Let Southern oppressors tremble-let their secret abettors tremble-let their Northern apologists tremble-let all the enemies of the persecuted blacks tremble.

William Lloyd Garrison

To the Public

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Topic

American slavery Slavery

Author

William Lloyd Garrison

Source

To the Public The Liberator

Medium

Essay Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1831 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Garrison, William Lloyd. "To the Public." The Liberator, 1 Jan. 1831.

The arts of power and its minions are the same in all countries and in all ages. It marks its victim; denounces it; and excites the public odium and the public hatred, to conceal its own abuses and encroachments.

Henry Clay

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Abuse of power Power

Speaker

Henry Clay

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1834 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Clay, Henry. "On the State of the Country After the Removal of the Deposits." Senate meeting. 14 Mar. 1834, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

The Cherokee nation...is a distinct community, occupying its own territory...which the citizens of Georgia have no right to enter but with the assent of the Cherokees themselves, or in conformity with treaties and with the acts of Congress.

John Marshall

Worcester v. Georgia

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US and Native American relations

Author

John Marshall

Source

Worcester v. Georgia

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1832 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Marshall, John. United States, Supreme Court. Worcester v. Georgia. United States Reports, vol. 31, 3 Mar. 1832, pp. 515-597. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/31/515/.

If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility.

Thomas De Quincey

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Escalation

Author

Thomas De Quincey

Source

Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1839 1830s 19th century

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Original Citation

De Quincey, Thomas. "On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts." Blackwood's Magazine, 1827.

Current Citation

De Quincey, Thomas. On Murder, edited by Robert Morrison. Oxford University Press, 2009.

Improvements succeeded each other so rapidly, that machines which had never been finished were abandoned in the hands of their makers, because new improvements had superseded their utility.

Charles Babbage

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Topic

Technological progress Progress Industrial revolution

Author

Charles Babbage

Source

On the Economy of Manufactures

Genre

Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1832 1830s 19th century

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Original Citation

Babbage, Charles. On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures. London: Charles Knight, 1832, ch. 29.

Current Citation

Babbage, Charles. On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures. Cambridge University Press, 2010, ch. 29.

From a very early age, I had imbibed the opinion, that it was every man's duty to do all that lay in his power to leave his country as good as he had found it.

William Cobbett

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Civic duty Citizenship

Author

William Cobbett

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1832 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Cobbett, William. Political Register. 22 Dec. 1832.

Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Democracy in America

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Morality and politics Freedom Morality Religion

Author

Alexis de Tocqueville

Source

Democracy in America

Genre

Political literature

Language

French

Time

1835 1830s 19th century

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Original Citation

Tocqueville, Alexis De. De La Democratie en Amerique [Democracy in America]. Vol. 1, London: Saunders and Otley, 1835, introduction.

Current Citation

Tocqueville, Alexis De. Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II, translated by Henry Reeve. Bantam Classics, 2000, vol. 1, introduction.

Subdue your appetites my dears, and you've conquered human nature.

Charles Dickens

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

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Self-control Appetite Stoicism Human nature

Speaker

Wackford Squeers

Author

Charles Dickens

Source

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1838 1830s 19th century

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Original Citation

Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall, Apr. 1838, issue 2, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Dickens, Charles. Nicholas Nickleby, edited by Mark Ford. Penguin, 1999, ch. 5.

Without union our independence and liberty would never have been achieved; without union they never can be maintained.

Andrew Jackson

Second Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson

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American government American politics

Speaker

Andrew Jackson

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1833 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Jackson, Andrew. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1833, House Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

It will be my sincere and constant desire to observe toward the Indian tribes within our limits a just and liberal policy, and to give that humane and considerate attention to their rights and their wants which is consistent with the habits of our Government and the feelings of our people.

Andrew Jackson

First Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson

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US and Native American relations American politics

Speaker

Andrew Jackson

Source

First Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1833 1830s 19th century

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Jackson, Andrew. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1833, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

We have heard it said that five per cent is the natural interest of money.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Finance Money

Author

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Source

Southey's Colloquies Edinburgh Review

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1830 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Macaulay, Thomas Babington. "Southey's Colloquies." Edinburgh Review, Jan. 1830.

In all the attributes of a great, happy, and flourishing people we stand without a parallel in the world.

Martin Van Buren

Inaugural Address of Martin van Buren

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Early America American prosperity American pride

Speaker

Martin Van Buren

Source

Inaugural Address of Martin van Buren Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1837 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Van Buren, Martin. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1837, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

In administering the laws of Congress I shall keep steadily in view the limitations as well as the extent of the Executive power, trusting thereby to discharge the functions of my office without transcending its authority.

Andrew Jackson

First Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson

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Executive power American Presidency American politics

Speaker

Andrew Jackson

Source

First Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1833 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Jackson, Andrew. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1833, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Let every man remember that to violate the law is to trample on the blood of his father and to tear the character of his own and his children's liberty.

Abraham Lincoln

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Topic

Breaking the law Rule of law Law

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Address before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1838 1830s 19th century

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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions." 27 Jan. 1838, Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, IL, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Address to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, January 27, 1838." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

Debt is the prolific mother of folly and of crime.

Benjamin Disraeli

Henrietta Temple

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Topic

Debt

Author

Benjamin Disraeli

Source

Henrietta Temple

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1837 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Disraeli, Benjamin. Henrietta Temple. London: Henry Colburn, 1837, bk. 2, ch. 1.