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But there is still an undercurrent at work by which, if not seasonably checked, the worst apprehensions of our antifederal patriots will be realized, and not only will the State authorities be overshadowed by the great increase of power in the executive department of the General Government, but the character of that Government, if not its designation, be essentially and radically changed.

William Henry Harrison

Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison

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Topic

Excessive federal power Federalism American politics

Speaker

William Henry Harrison

Source

Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1841 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Harrison, William Henry. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1841, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

While he executes the laws with an impartial hand, shrinks from no proper responsibility, and faithfully carries out in the executive department of the Government the principles and policy of those who have chosen him, he should not be unmindful that our fellow-citizens who have differed with him in opinion are entitled to the full and free exercise of their opinions and judgments, and that the rights of all are entitled to respect and regard.

James K. Polk

Inaugural Address of James K. Polk

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American Presidency Minority rights

Speaker

James K. Polk

Source

Inaugural Address of James K. Polk Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Polk, James K. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1845, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.

Elizabeth Fry

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Theory of punishment Criminal law Legal theory Law

Author

Elizabeth Fry

Language

English

Time

1848 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Fry, Elizabeth. Note found among her papers. c. 1848.

Current Citation

Fry, Elizabeth. Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry, edited by Katharine Fry and Rachel Elizabeth Cresswell. Vol. 1, Cambridge University Press, 2011, ch. 10.

Under a spreading chestnut tree
The village smithy stands;
The smith, a mighty man is he,
With large and sinewy hands;
And the muscles of his brawny arms
Are strong as iron bands.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Knickerbocker

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Small town life

Author

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Source

The Village Blacksmith The Knickerbocker

Medium

Poem Magazine

Language

English

Time

1840 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "The Village Blacksmith." The Knickerbocker. New York City: Lewis Gaylord Clark, Nov. 1840, I. 1.

Current Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "The Village Blacksmith." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems & Other Writings, edited by J. D. McClatchy. Library of America, 2000, I. 1.

In our intercourse with our aboriginal neighbors the same liberality and justice which marked the course prescribed to me by two of my illustrious predecessors when acting under their direction in the discharge of the duties of superintendent and commissioner shall be strictly observed.

William Henry Harrison

Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison

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US and Native American relations American politics

Speaker

William Henry Harrison

Source

Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1841 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Harrison, William Henry. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1841, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

That knuckle-end of England—that land of Calvin, oat-cakes, and sulphur.

Sydney Smith

On Scotland.

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Topic

Scotland

Speaker

Sydney Smith

Language

English

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Smith, Sydney. Quoted in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith, by Saba Holland. Vol. 1, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855, ch. 2.

It is a source of deep regret that in some sections of our country misguided persons have occasionally indulged in schemes and agitations whose object is the destruction of domestic institutions existing in other sections—institutions which existed at the adoption of the Constitution and were recognized and protected by it.

James K. Polk

Inaugural Address of James K. Polk

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Topic

Pre-Civil War conflict American politics

Speaker

James K. Polk

Source

Inaugural Address of James K. Polk Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

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Language

English

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Polk, James K. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1845, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Let woman then go on-not asking favors, but claiming as a right the removal of all hindrances to her elevation in the scale of being-let her receive encouragement for the proper cultivation of all her powers, so that she may enter profitably into the active business of life... Then in the marriage union, the independence of the husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.

Lucretia Mott

Discourse on Woman

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Topic

Women's rights Women's equality

Speaker

Lucretia Mott

Source

Discourse on Woman

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

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.

Surely of all 'rights of man,' this right of the ignorant man to be guided by the wiser, to be, gently or forcibly, held in the true course by him, is the indisputablest.

Thomas Carlyle

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Topic

Human rights Paternalism Politics

Author

Thomas Carlyle

Source

Chartism

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1840 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. Chartism. London: James Frases, 1840, ch. 6.

Current Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. "Chartism." Thomas Carlyle: Selected Writings. Penguin Classics, 2015.

The two great rules for design are these: 1st, that there should be no features about a building which are not necessary for convenience, construction or propriety; 2nd, that all ornament should consist of the essential construction of the building. The neglect of these two rules is the cause of all the bad architecture of the present time.

Augustus Welby Pugin

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Topic

Architecture

Author

Augustus Welby Pugin

Language

English

Time

1841 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Pugin, Augustus Welby. True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture. J. Weale, 1841.