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Ishiguro, Kazuo. The Remains of the Day. Faber & Faber, 1989.

Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

Lawrence Durrell

Mountolive

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Durrell, Lawrence. Mountolive. Faber and Faber, 1958.

As your ambassador can see for himself we possess all things. I set no value on objects strange or ingenious, and have no use for your country's manufactures.

Qianlong Emperor

Writing to George III after the first British trade mission had reached Beijing.

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Qianlong. Letter to George III. 1783.

It is a terrible shame for me-I came back, still alive, without having won the war.

Shoichi Yokoi

On returning to Japan after surviving for 28 years in the jungles of Guam before surrendering to the Americans in 1972.

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Yokoi, Shoichi. Quoted in "Obituary: Shoichi Yokoi." Written by James Kirkup. The Independent, 25 Sept. 1997.

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Turgenev, Ivan. "Накануне [On the Eve]." The Russian Messenger, 1859.

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Turgenev, Ivan. On the Eve, translated by Michael Pursglove. Alma Classics, 2017, ch. 35.

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Fukuoka, Masanobu. 自然農法 わら一本の革命 [One-Straw Revolution]. Hakujusha, 1975.

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Ballard, J. G. "The Penthouse Interview: J. G. Ballard: Sci-Fi Seer." Interviewed by Lynn Barber. Penthouse, May 1970, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 26-30.

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White, Theodore H. The Making of the President 1960. Atheneum Publishers, 1961, ch. 15.

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Luce, Henry. "The American Century." Life Magazine, Feb. 1941.

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Gao Xingjian. "The Case for Literature." Nobel Lecture. 7 Dec. 2000, Swedish Academy, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Tawney, Richard Henry. Religion and the Rise of Capitalism. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1926, ch. 1.

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Tawney, Richard Henry. Religion and the Rise of Capitalism. Angelico Press, 2021, ch. 1.

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Tawney, Richard Henry. Religion and the Rise of Capitalism. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1926, ch. 1.

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Tawney, Richard Henry. Religion and the Rise of Capitalism. Angelico Press, 2021, ch. 1.

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Laozi [Lao Tzu]. 道德經 [Tao Te Ching]. c. 400 BC, ch. 2.

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Laozi [Lao Tzu]. "The Natural Way of Lao Tzu." A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy, translated by Wing-Tsit Chan. Princeton University Press, 1969, ch. 2.

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Confucius. 論語 [The Analects]. c. 479 BCE.

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Confucius. The Analects, edited and translated by Annping Chin. Penguin Classics, 2014.

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Laozi [Lao Tzu]. 道德經 [Tao Te Ching]. c. 400 BC, ch. 1.

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Laozi [Lao Tzu]. "The Natural Way of Lao Tzu." A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy, translated by Wing-Tsit Chan. Princeton University Press, 1969, ch. 1.

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Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta [The First Turning of the Wheel]. c. 510 BC.

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Gandhi, Mahatma. "The Secret of Swaraj." Young India, 19 Jan. 1921.

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Gandhi, Mahatma. "Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule." Indian Opinion, 1909

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Gandhi, Mahatma. "Hind Swaraj." Gandhi: "Hind Swaraj" and Other Writings, edited by Anthony J. Parel. Cambridge University Press, 2009.

To pursue it is to be human, to give it up is to be a beast.

Xunxi

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Xunzi. Xunzi. c. 238 BC.

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Xunzi. Xunzi: The Complete Text, translated by Eric L. Hutton. Princeton University Press, 2014, ch. 1.

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Gandhi, Mahatma. Ethical Religion: Nithi Dharma. S. Ganesan, 1922.