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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Gotz von Berlichingen. 1773, act 1.

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Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations. Vol. 1, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776, bk. 1, ch. 11, pt. 2.

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Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, edited by Edwin Cannan. The Modern Library, bk. 1, ch. 11, pt. 2.

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Rabelais, Francois [published as Alcofribas Nasier]. Le cinquiesme et dernier livre des faicts et dicts héroïques du bon Pantagruel [The Fifth and Last Book of the Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Good Pantagruel]. c. 1564.

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Rabelais, Francois. Gargantua & Pantagruel. Dover Publications, 2016, bk. 5, prologue.

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Mill, John Stuart. On Liberty. London: J.W. Parker and Son, 1859, ch. 3.

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Mill, John Stuart. "On Liberty." On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, edited by Mark Philp and Frederick Rosen. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 3.

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Bacon, Francis. Novum Organum. London: John Beale, 1620, bk. 1, no. 3.

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Bacon, Francis. The New Organon. Translated by Michael Silverthorne. Cambridge UP, 2000, bk. 1, no. 3.

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Conrad, Joseph. "Lord Jim: A Sketch." Blackwood's Magazine. Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, Oct. 1899-Nov. 1900.

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Swift, Jonathan. "Thoughts on Various Subjects." Miscellanies. Vol. 11, London: C. Hitch, C. Davis, R. Dodsley and W. Bowyer, 1751.

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 8:28).

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Conrad, Joseph. Letter to Cunninghame Graham. 5 Aug. 1897.

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Conrad, Joseph. Joseph Conrad's Letters to R. B. Cunninghame Graham. Cambridge University Press, 2011.

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Shakespeare, William and George Wilkins. Pericles, Prince of Tyre. King's Men, c. 1608, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 3.

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Shakespeare, William. "Pericles." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 3.

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Shakespeare, William. The Rape of Lucrece. London: Richard Field, 1594, I. 230.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Rape of Lucrece." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, I. 230.

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Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night, Or What You Will. 1602, Middle Temple Hall, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "Twelfth Night." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 1, sc. 3.

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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 3.

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Wilde, Oscar. Vera; or, The Nihilists. London: Ranken & Co., 1880, act 4.

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Wilde, Oscar. "Vera; or, The Nihilists." The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Vera; or The Nihilist and Lady Windermere's Fan, edited by Josephine M. Guy. Vol. 11, Oxford University Press, 2021, act 4.

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Descartes, René [published anonymously]. Discours de la Méthode: Pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la vérité dans les sciences [Discourse on Method: To Conduct Reason Well, and Seek Truth in the Sciences]. Leiden, 1637, pt. 1.

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Descartes, René. Discourse on the Method, translated by Ian Maclean. Oxford University Press, 2008, pt. 1.

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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 31 July 1763.

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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

Come forth into the light of things,
Let Nature be your teacher.

William Wordsworth

The Table Turned

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Wordsworth, William. "The Tables turned; an Evening Scene, on the same subject." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, I. 15.

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Wordsworth, William. "The Tables Turned." William Wordsworth: The Major Works: including The Prelude, edited by Stephen Gill. Oxford University Press, 2008, I. 15.

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De Gaulle, Charles. "L'Appel, 1940-1942." Mémoires de Guerre [War Memories]. c. 1954, ch. 1.

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De Gaulle, Charles. The Complete War Memoirs of Charles De Gaulle. Carroll & Graf Pub, 1998, vol. 1, ch. 1.

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Carlyle, Thomas. "The Hero as Divinity." 5 May 1840, London, England, UK. Lecture.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Isabella Mary Beeton

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Beeton, Isabella. The Book of Household Management. S. O. Beeton Publishing, 1861, ch. 2.