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Sand, George. Letter to Lina Calamatta. 31 Mar. 1862.

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Ibsen, Henrik. Peer Gynt. Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1867, act 4, sc. 1.

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Ibsen, Henrik. "Peer Gynt." Peer Gynt and Brand, translated by Geoffrey Hill. Penguin Classics, 2017, act 4, sc. 1.

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Grant, Ulysses Simpson. Note to General S. B. Buckner. 16 Feb. 1862.

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Grant, Ulysses Simpson. Quoted in The Generals' Civil War: What Their Memoirs Can Teach Us Today, written by Stephen Cushman. UNC Press Books, 2021.

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Mill, John Stuart. The Subjection of Women. London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869, ch. 4.

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Mill, John Stuart. "The Subjection of Women." On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, edited by Mark Philp and Frederick Rosen. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 4.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Worship." The Conduct of Life. Boston: Ticknor & Fields/London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1860.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Worship.” The Conduct of Life, edited by Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, and Douglas Emory Wilson. Vol. 6, Belknap Press, 2004.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Speech in Hartford, Connecticut." 5 Mar. 1860, Hartford City Hall, Hartford, CT, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. First Annual Message to Congress. 3 Dec. 1861, U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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Lincoln, Abraham. Remarks in Illinois. 20 Nov. 1860, Springfield, IL, USA.

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Abraham Lincoln. "Remarks at Springfield, Illinois, November 20, 1860." The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, edited by Roy P. Basler. Vol. 4, Rutgers University Press, 1955.

Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees.

Stonewall Jackson

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Jackson, Stonewall. Last words. 10 May 1863, Guinea, Virginia, USA.

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Alcott, Louisa May. An Old-Fashioned Girl. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1869, ch. 13.

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Alcott, Louisa May. An Old-Fashioned Girl. Puffin Books, 1996, ch. 13.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Wealth." The Conduct of Life. Boston: Ticknor & Fields/London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1860.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Wealth.” The Conduct of Life, edited by Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, and Douglas Emory Wilson. Vol. 6, Belknap Press, 2004.

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Phillips, Wendell. Speech in Boston. Massachusetts Antislavery Society meeting. 28 Jan. 1852, The Melodeon, Boston, MA, USA.

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Mill, John Stuart. The Subjection of Women. London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869, ch. 2.

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Mill, John Stuart. "The Subjection of Women." On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, edited by Mark Philp and Frederick Rosen. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 2.

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Huxley, Thomas Henry. "A Liberal Education." 1868, Working Men's College, London, England, UK.

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Lee, Robert E. Spoken to a friend who condemned the North at the end of the war. c. 1865.

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Lee, Robert E. Quoted in The Civil War: An Illustrated History, by Geoffrey C. Ward. Alfred A. Knopf, 1990, ch. 5.

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Stowe, Harriet Beecher. "Woman's Sphere." The Chimney-Corner. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868.

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Bradstreet, Anne. Meditations Divine and Moral. c. 1664, st. 12.

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Bradstreet, Anne. "Meditations Divine and Moral." The Works of Anne Bradstreet. Harvard University Press, 1967, st. 12.

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Seward, William. Speech on election eve. c. 1863, Washington, DC, USA.

No permanent elevation of a people can be effected without commerce.

David Livingstone

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Livingstone, David. Travels and Researches in South Africa. London: John Murray, 1857, ch. 13.

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Nightingale, Florence. Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not. London: Harrison and Sons, 1859.

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Nightingale, Florence. Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not. Dover Publications, 1969.