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Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, 1599, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 2.

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Shakespeare, William. "Julius Caesar." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 2.

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Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York: Self-published, 1855, poem 1.

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Whitman, Walt. "Song of Myself." Leaves of Grass and Other Writings. W. W. Norton & Company, 2002, sect. 18.

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Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. c. 1598, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 1.

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

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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1733.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1733." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. "I Have a Dream." March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. 28 Aug. 1963, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, USA.

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Mandela, Nelson. Statement declining offer of freedom. Presented by Zindzi Mandela. 10 Feb. 1985, Jabulani Stadium, Soweto, South Africa, Africa.

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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1746.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1746." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

Set me free, why don'tcha, baby
Get out my life, why don'tcha, baby
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hangin' on.

The Supremes

You Keep Me Hangin' On

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Holland, Eddie and Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier. You Keep Me Hangin' On. Performed by The Supremes. Motown Records, 1966.

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Fight Club. Directed by David Fincher, Fox 2000 Pictures/Regency Enterprises/Linson Films, 1999.

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Springsteen, Bruce. "Born in the U.S.A." Born in the U.S.A. Columbia Records, 1984.

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Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, 1599, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 2.

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

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Fight Club. Directed by David Fincher, Fox 2000 Pictures/Regency Enterprises/Linson Films, 1999.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1861, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "First Inaugral Address, March 4, 1861." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 2018.

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

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

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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard Improved. Philadelphia, 1754.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard Improved." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." 16 Apr. 1963.

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Letter from a Birmingham City Jail (1963)." A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches, edited by James M. Washington. HarperOne, 2003.

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Blake, William. "A Song of Liberty." The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. c. 1794.

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Blake, William. "A Song of Liberty." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David V. Erdman. University of California Press, 2008.

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Mill, John Stuart. On Liberty. London: J.W. Parker and Son, 1859, ch. 2.

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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. 2.

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

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Lennon, John and Paul McCartney. "Yesterday." Performed by The Beatles. Help! Parlophone Records, 1965.