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Thoreau, Henry David. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. Boston/Cambridge: James Munroe and Co., 1849.

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Thoreau, Henry David. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, edited by Carl F. Hovde and William L. Howarth, and Elizabeth Hall Witherell. Princeton University Press, 2004.

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "The Village Blacksmith." The Knickerbocker. New York City: Lewis Gaylord Clark, Nov. 1840, I. 39.

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "The Village Blacksmith." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems & Other Writings, edited by J. D. McClatchy. Library of America, 2000, I. 39.

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Kierkegaard, Soren [published as Victor Eremita]. Enten-Eller [Either/Or]. Vol. 1, Copenhagen: University bookshop, 1843.

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Kierkegaard, Soren. Either/Or: A Fragment of Life, translated by Alistair Hanny. Penguin Classics, 1992, pt. 1.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "The Conservative." 9 Dec. 1841, Masonic Temple, Boston, MA, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to William H. Herndon. 15 Feb. 1848.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "To William H. Herndon, Febrary 15, 1848." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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Marx, Karl. Die heilige Familie [The Holy Family]. Frankfurt: J. Ru˜tten, 1845.

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Marx, Karl. "The Holy Family." Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. Vol. 4, International Publishers, 1975.

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Tennyson, Alfred. The Princess. London: Edward Moxon, 1847, pt. 5, I. 147.

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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "The Princess." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 5, I. 147.

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Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Andrew Johnston. 18 Apr. 1846.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "To Andrew Johnston, April 18, 1846." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Self-Reliance." Essays: First Series. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Self-Reliance (1841)." The Portable Emerson, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. Penguin Classics, 2014.

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Carlyle, Thomas. "The Hero as Man of Letters." 19 May 1840, London, England, UK. Lecture.

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Disraeli, Benjamin. Tancred: or, The New Crusade. Vol. 3, London: Henry Colburn, 1847, bk. 5, ch. 5.

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Poe, Edgar Allan, [published anonymously]. "Ulalume: A Ballad." American Whig Review, Dec. 1847, st. 1.

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Poe, Edgar Allan. "Ulalume - A Ballad." Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales, edited by Patrick F. Quinn. Library of America, 1984, st. 1.

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Smith, Sydney. Quoted in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith, by Saba Holland. Vol. 1, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855, ch. 11.

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

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Tennyson, Alfred. "Ulysses." Poems. Vol. 2, London: Edward Moxon, 1842, I. 13.

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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "Ulysses." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 13.

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

The more one gets to know of men, the more one values dogs.

Alphonse Toussenel

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De Toussenel, Alphonse. L'Esprit des betes. Paris: Librairie societaire, 1847.

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Engels, Frederick. Die Lage der arbeitenden Klasse in England [The Condition of the Working Class in England]. Leipzig: Otto Wigand, 1845, ch. 7.

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Engels, Frederick. The Condition of the Working Class in England, translated by Mrs. F. Kelley Wischnewetzy, edited by David McLellan. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 7.

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Macaulay, Thomas. The History of England: From the Accession of James II. Vol. 1, Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1848.

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Macaulay, Thomas. The History of England from the Accession of James II, 5 Volume Set. The Folio Society, 2009.

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Taylor, Zachary. "Inaugural Address." 5 Mar. 1849, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.