1900s

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There are moments when everything goes well; don't be frightened, it won't last.

Jules Renard

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Topic

Things get worse Pessimism

Author

Jules Renard

Medium

Personal journal

Language

French

Time

1908 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Renard, Jules. Journal entry. 31 Oct. 1908.

Current Citation

Renard, Jules. The Journal of Jules Renard, edited and translated by Louise Bogan and Elizabeth Roget. Tin House Books, 2017.

A differentiation arises between ourselves, the we-group, or in-group, and everybody else, or the others-groups, out-groups.

William Graham Sumner

Folkways

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Topic

Us vs. them Group conflict

Author

William Graham Sumner

Source

Folkways

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

1906 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Sumner, William Graham. Folkways: A Study of Mores, Manners, Customs and Morals. Ginn & Company, 1906, ch. 1.

Everything has its limit—iron ore cannot be educated into gold.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Human nature Limits of education Education

Speaker

Young Man

Author

Mark Twain

Source

What is Man?

Medium

Short story

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1906 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Twain, Mark, [published anonymously]. What is Man? De Vinne Press, 1906.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark. "What is Man?" What Is Man? and Other Essays. Dover Publications, 2019.

Man was made at the end of the week's work, when God was tired.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Creation of man Human origins Creation

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Journals of Mark Twain

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1904 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Notebook, edited by Albert Bigelow Paine. The Mark Twain Company, 1932, ch. 33. Originally from Notebook, c. 1904.

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Booker T. Washington

Up From Slavery

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Topic

Trusting others Responsibility Trust Leadership

Author

Booker T. Washington

Source

Up From Slavery

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1901 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Washington, Booker T. "Up from Slavery." The Outlook, 1900.

Current Citation

Washington, Booker T. Up from Slavery. Dover Publications, 1995.

An uneasy conscience is a hair in the mouth.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Guilty conscience Conscience

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Journals of Mark Twain

Medium

Personal journal

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1904 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Notebook, edited by Albert Bigelow Paine. The Mark Twain Company, 1932, ch. 35. Originally from Notebook, c. 1904.

The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.

W.E.B. Du Bois

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Topic

Race relations

Author

W.E.B. Du Bois

Source

To the Nations of the World

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

1900 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. "To the Nations of the World." Pan-African Conference. 25 July 1900, London, England, UK. Address.

Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Martyrdom

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Journals of Mark Twain

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1903 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Notebook, edited by Albert Bigelow Paine. The Mark Twain Company, 1932, ch. 33. Originally from Notebook, 23 May 1903.

The best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else.

Booker T. Washington

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Topic

Helping others Cooperation and collaboration Personal growth

Author

Booker T. Washington

Source

The Story of My Life and Work

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1900 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Washington, Booker T. The Story of My Life and Work. W. H. Ferguson Co., 1900.

A man who denies to other men equality of rights is hardly worthy of freedom; but I would give even to him all the rights which I claim for myself.

Abraham Lincoln

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Topic

Equality

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Franklin in France

Language

English

Time

1906 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. Quoted by John Hay in "Franklin in France," Addresses of John Hay. The Century Co., 1906.

I have got such a bully pulpit!

Theodore Roosevelt

Roosevelt's expressing his view of the presidency.

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Topic

American Presidency American politics

Author

Theodore Roosevelt

Source

The Outlook

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1909 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. The Outlook. 27 Feb. 1909.

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

Booker T. Washington

Up From Slavery

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Topic

Manual labor Work

Author

Booker T. Washington

Source

Up From Slavery

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1900 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Washington, Booker T. "Up from Slavery." The Outlook, 1900.

Current Citation

Washington, Booker T. Up from Slavery. Dover Publications, 1995.

Such is the human race. Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Noah's Ark Misanthropy The human condition

Author

Mark Twain

Source

The Church Edifice Christian Science

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1907 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Twain, Mark. "The Church Edifice." Christian Science. Harper & Brothers, 1907.

Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Questioning one's beliefs Majority opinions Thinking for oneself The masses Consensus

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Journals of Mark Twain

Medium

Personal journal

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1904 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Notebook, edited by Albert Bigelow Paine. The Mark Twain Company, 1932, ch. 35. Originally from Notebook, c. 1904.

Eternal Rest sounds comforting in the pulpit, too. Well, you try it once, and see how heavy time will hang on your hands.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Eternal life

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1908 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Twain, Mark. "Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven." Harper's Magazine, Dec. 1907 - Jan. 1908.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark. "Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven." The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain, edited by Lawrence Berkove. Modern Library, 2004, ch. 1.

I keep six honest serving-men
(They taught me all I knew);
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who.

Rudyard Kipling

The Elephant's Child

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Topic

Questions

Author

Rudyard Kipling

Source

The Elephant's Child Just So Stories

Medium

Short story

Genre

Children's literature

Language

English

Time

1902 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Kipling, Rudyard. "The Elephant's Child." Just So Stories. Macmillan and Co., 1902.

Current Citation

Kipling, Rudyard. "The Elephant's Child." The Collected Poems of Rudyard Kipling. Wordsworth Editions, 1999.

It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others... One feels his twoness-an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivngs; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.

W.E.B. Du Bois

The Souls of Black Folk

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Topic

Black experience

Author

W.E.B. Du Bois

Source

The Souls of Black Folk

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

1903 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches. A. C. McClurg & Co., 1903, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. The Souls of Black Folk, edited by Brent Hayes Edwards. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 1.

At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.

Henry Adams

The Education of Henry Adams

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Topic

Reconciliation Relationship challenges

Author

Henry Adams

Source

The Education of Henry Adams

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1907 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Adams, Henry. The Education of Henry Adams. 1907, ch. 16.

Current Citation

Adams, Henry. "The Education of Henry Adams." Henry Adams: Democracy, Esther, Mont Saint Michel and Chartres, The Education of Henry Adams, edited by Ernest Samuels and Jayne Samuels. Library of America, 1983, ch. 16.

The election makes me think of a story of a man who was dying. He had only two minutes to live, so he sent for a clergyman and asked him, “Where is the best place to go to?” He was undecided about it. So the minister told him that each place had its advantages—heaven for climate, and hell for society.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Heaven and hell Heaven Hell

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Edmund Burke on Croker and Tammany

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1901 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Twain, Mark. "Edmund Burke on Croker and Tammany." 7 Oct. 1901, New York City, NY, USA.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark. "Edmund Burke on Croker and Tammany." Mark Twain: Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches & Essays 1891-1910, edited by Louis J. Budd. Library of America, 1992.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

Henry Adams

The Education of Henry Adams

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Topic

Self-improvement Personal growth Life experience

Author

Henry Adams

Source

The Education of Henry Adams

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1907 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Adams, Henry. The Education of Henry Adams. 1907, ch. 6.

Current Citation

Adams, Henry.Adams, Henry. "The Education of Henry Adams." Henry Adams: Democracy, Esther, Mont Saint Michel and Chartres, The Education of Henry Adams, edited by Ernest Samuels and Jayne Samuels. Library of America, 1983, ch. 6.