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Darwin, Charles. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. London: John Murray, 1871, pt. 3, ch. 21.

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Darwin, Charles. The Descent of Man. Penguin Classics, 2004, pt. 3, ch. 21.

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Directed by David Hand, Walt Disney Productions, 1937.

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Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Autobiography. Vol. 1, Harper & Brothers, 1924.

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Twain, Mark. "New York, January 10, 1906." Autobiography of Mark Twain, edited by Harriet E. Smith, Benjamin Griffin, Victor Fischer, Michael Barry Frank, Sharon K. Goetz, Leslie Diane Myrick, and Robert Hirst. Vol. 1, University of California Press, 2010.

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Trump, Donald. Speech at campaign rally. 23 Jan. 2016, Dordt University, Sioux Center, IA, USA.

I swear to the Lord
I still can't see
Why Democracy means
Everybody but me.

Langston Hughes

The Black Man Speaks

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Hughes, Langston. "The Black Man Speaks." Jim Crow’s Last Stand. Negro Publications Society of America, 1943, I. 1.

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Facing the Challenge of a New Age." First Annual Institute on Nonviolence and Social Change meeting. 3 Dec. 1956, Montgomery, AL, USA.

I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

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"Failure." Directed by Mark Romanek. Performed by Michael Jordan. Nike, May 1997.

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Mill, John Stuart. "The Utility of Religion." Nature, the Utility of Religion, and Theism. London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1874.

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Mill, John Stuart. "The Contest in America." Essays on Ethics, Religion and Society. Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, edited by John M. Robson. Vol. 10, Routledge, 2014.

You play to win the game.

Herm Edwards

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Edwards, Herm. Spoken during New York Jets press conference. 30 Oct. 2002, Hempstead, NY, USA.

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Shakespeare, William. Othello. King's Men, 1 Nov. 1604, Palace of Whitehall, Westminster, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 3.

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

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Franzen, Jonathan. The Corrections. Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2001.

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story. Harper & Brothers, 1958, ch. 11.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Address Before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin." 30 Sept. 1859, Milwaukee, WI, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 30, 1859." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Issac McPherson. 13 Aug. 1813.

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Jefferson, Thomas. "Issac McPherson, Aug. 13, 1813." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Autobiography, The Declaration of Independence & His Public and Private Letters, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.

Oh yeah, life goes on long after the thrill of livin' is gone.

John Mellencamp

Jack and Diane

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Mellencamp, John. "Jack and Diane." Performed by John Cougar. American Fool. Riva Records, 1982.

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Rock, Chris. Bigger & Blacker. HBO, 10 July 1999.

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Kennedy, John F. "Ich bin ein Berliner." 26 June 1963, Rathaus Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany.

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Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Jean Nicholas Demeunier. 24 Jan. 1786.

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Jefferson, Thomas. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private, edited by H. A. Washington. Vol. 9, Cambridge University Press, 2011.

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Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Samuel Kercheval. 12 July 1816.

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Jefferson, Thomas. "Samuel Kercheval, July 12, 1816." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Autobiography, The Declaration of Independence & His Public and Private Letters, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.

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Rock, Chris. Bigger & Blacker. HBO, 10 July 1999.