1910s

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I stand for the square deal, But when I say that I am for the square deal, I mean not merely that I stand for fair play under the present rules of the game, but that I stand for having those rules changed so as to work for a more substantial equality of opportunity and of reward for equally good service.

Theodore Roosevelt

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Topic

Equality of opportunity Equality

Author

Theodore Roosevelt

Source

The New Nationalism

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1910 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. "The New Nationalism." 31 Aug. 1910, Osawatomie, KS, USA.

Current Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. "The New Nationalism." Selected Speeches and Writings of Theodore Roosevelt, edited by Gordon Hutner. Vintage, 2014.

We have squandered a great part of what we might have used, and have not stopped to conserve the exceeding bounty of nature, without which our genius for enterprise would have been worthless and impotent.

Woodrow Wilson

First Inaugural Address of Woodrow Wilson

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Topic

Environmental destruction

Speaker

Woodrow Wilson

Source

First Inaugural Address of Woodrow Wilson Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1913 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1913, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

It created in this country what had never existed before-a national consciousness. It was not the salvation of the Union; it was the rebirth of the Union.

Woodrow Wilson

On the Civil War.

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Topic

American Civil War

Speaker

Woodrow Wilson

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1915 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. Memorial Day address. 31 May 1915, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA, USA.

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.

P.G. Wodehouse

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Topic

Apologies

Author

P.G. Wodehouse

Source

The Man Upstairs

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1910 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wodehouse, P. G. The Man Upstairs. Methuen & Co., 1914, title story. Originally published in The Strand Magazine/Cosmopolitan, Mar. 1910.

As a white candle
In a holy place,
So is the beauty
Of an aged face.

Joseph Campbell (poet)

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Topic

Beauty and aging Old age

Author

Joseph Campbell (poet)

Source

The Old Woman

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1913 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Campbell, Joseph. "The Old Woman." Irishry. Maunsel & Company, 1913, st. 1.

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.

Norman Douglas

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Topic

National character Advertising and marketing

Speaker

Bishop South Wind

Author

Norman Douglas

Source

South Wind

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Douglas, Norman. South Wind. Martin Secker, 1917, ch. 6.

It's no disgrace t'be poor, but it might as well be.

Frank McKinney Hubbard

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Topic

Poverty Dignity

Author

Frank McKinney Hubbard

Source

Short Furrows

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1911 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Hubbard, Kin. "Short Furrows." News, c. 1911.

Private beneficence is totally inadequate to deal with the vast numbers of the city's disinherited.

Jane Addams

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Topic

Poverty Political theory Role of government Charity

Author

Jane Addams

Source

Twenty Years at Hull House

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

1910 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Addams, Jane. Twenty Years at Hull House. The Macmillan Company, 1910.

The business world contains plenty of successful men who have no brains.

Abraham Cahan

The Rise of David Levinsky

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Topic

Success in business Success Business

Author

Abraham Cahan

Source

The Rise of David Levinsky

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Cahan, Abraham. The Rise of David Levinsky. Harper & Brothers, 1917.

Current Citation

Cahan, Abraham. The Rise of David Levinsky. Dover Publications, 2002.

I wanted only to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?

Hermann Hesse

Demian

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Topic

Being true to oneself Authenticity

Author

Hermann Hesse

Source

Demian

Medium

Novel

Genre

Coming of age story

Language

German

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hesse, Herman. Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend [Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth]. Fischer Verlag, 1919.

Current Citation

Hesse, Herman. Demian, translated by Damion Searls. Penguin Classics, 2013.

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.

Hermann Hesse

Demian

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Topic

Self-hatred Hate

Speaker

Pistorius

Author

Hermann Hesse

Source

Demian

Medium

Novel

Genre

Coming of age story

Language

German

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hesse, Herman. Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend [Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth]. Fischer Verlag, 1919.

Current Citation

Hesse, Herman. Demian, translated by Damion Searls. Penguin Classics, 2013.

Anarchism, then, really, stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion; the liberation of the human body from the dominion of property; liberation from the shackles and restraints of government.

Emma Goldman

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Topic

Anarchism Political ideology Politics

Author

Emma Goldman

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1910 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Goldman, Emma. "Anarchism: What It Really Stands For." Anarchism and Other Essays. Mother Earth Publishing Association, 1910.

Oh, love is the crooked thing,
There is nobody wise enough
To find out all that is in it,
For he would be thinking of love
Till the stars had run away
And the shadows eaten the moon.

W.B. Yeats

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Topic

Nature of love Love

Author

W.B. Yeats

Source

The Young Man's Song

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1910 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "Brown Penny." The Green Helmet and Other Poems. The Cuala Press, 1910.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "Brown Penny." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008.

I have seen the future; and it works.

Lincoln Steffens

Following a visit to the Soviet Union in 1919.

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Topic

Technological progress The future

Author

Lincoln Steffens

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Steffens, Lincoln. The Letters of Lincoln Steffens. Vol. 1, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938. Originally a letter to Marie Howe, 3 Apr. 1919.

To an open house in the evening
Home shall men come,
To an older place than Eden
And a taller town than Rome.

G.K. Chesterton

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Topic

Heaven

Author

G.K. Chesterton

Source

The House of Christmas Poems

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1916 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Chesterton, G.K. "The House of Christmas." Poems. John Lane Company, 1916.

Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them.

Alfred North Whitehead

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Topic

Advance of civilization Civilization Progress

Author

Alfred North Whitehead

Source

Introduction to Mathematics

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1911 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Whitehead, Alfred North. An Introduction to Mathematics. Henry Holt and Company/Williams and Norgate, 1911, ch. 5.

The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.

Edward Thomas

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Topic

Idealizing the past The past

Author

Edward Thomas

Source

Early One Morning

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Thomas, Edward. "Early One Morning." Poems. Henry Holt/Selwyn & Blount, 1917, I. 15.

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.

Joyce Kilmer

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Topic

God and man Creativity Trees

Author

Joyce Kilmer

Source

Trees

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1913 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Kilmer, Joyce. "Trees." Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, 1913, I. 11.

It is easier to make war than to make peace.

Georges Clemenceau

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Topic

War and peace War Peace

Speaker

Georges Clemenceau

Source

Speech on Peace

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

French

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Clemenceau, Georges. "Discours de Paix [Speech on Peace]." 20 July 1919, Verdun, France.

The day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured.

Woodrow Wilson

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Topic

World War I American ideals

Speaker

Woodrow Wilson

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. Address to Congress requesting a declaration of war against Germany. Congress meeting. 2 Apr. 1917, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. "Address to a Joint Session of Congress Calling for a Declaration of War." Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-President, edited by Mario R. DiNunzio. NYU Press, 2006.