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It is useful to distinguish among four factors which give importance, urgency, and inevitability to the advancement of space technology. The first of these factors is the compelling urge of man to explore and to discover, the thrust of curiosity that leads men to try to go where no one has gone before.

James R. Killian

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Topic

Space travel Curiosity Human nature

Speaker

James R. Killian

Source

Introduction to Outer Space

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1958 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Killian, James R. "Introduction to Outer Space." Project Mercury: Man-in-space Program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959. Originally a speech given on 26 Mar. 1958. The White House, Washington, DC, USA.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Booker T. Washington

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Topic

Character Overcoming obstacles Personal responsibility

Speaker

Booker T. Washington

Source

Democracy and Education

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1896 1890s 19th century

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Citation

Washington, Booker T. "Democracy and America." 30 Sept. 1896, Institute of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Booker T. Washington

Up From Slavery

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Topic

Trusting others Responsibility Trust Leadership

Author

Booker T. Washington

Source

Up From Slavery

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1901 1900s 20th century

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Original Citation

Washington, Booker T. "Up from Slavery." The Outlook, 1900.

Current Citation

Washington, Booker T. Up from Slavery. Dover Publications, 1995.

The best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else.

Booker T. Washington

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Topic

Helping others Cooperation and collaboration Personal growth

Author

Booker T. Washington

Source

The Story of My Life and Work

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1900 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Washington, Booker T. The Story of My Life and Work. W. H. Ferguson Co., 1900.

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

Booker T. Washington

Up From Slavery

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Topic

Manual labor Work

Author

Booker T. Washington

Source

Up From Slavery

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1900 1900s 20th century

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Original Citation

Washington, Booker T. "Up from Slavery." The Outlook, 1900.

Current Citation

Washington, Booker T. Up from Slavery. Dover Publications, 1995.

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.

Amos Bronson Alcott

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Topic

Teachers Teaching

Author

Amos Bronson Alcott

Language

English

Time

1840 1840s 19th century

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Citation

Alcott, Bronson. "Orphic Sayings." The Dial, July 1840, no. 80.

The fundamental fact about the Greek was that he had to use his mind. The ancient priests has said, "Thus far and no farther. We set the limits to thought." The Greeks said, "All things are to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set to thought."

Edith Hamilton

The Greek Way

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Topic

Athens and Jerusalem

Author

Edith Hamilton

Source

The Greek Way

Language

English

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Hamilton, Edith. The Greek Way. W. W. Norton & Company, 1930, ch. 2.

Creative ideas do not spring from groups. They spring from individuals.

Alfred Whitney Griswold

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Topic

Creativity Innovation The individual Committees

Speaker

Alfred Whitney Griswold

Source

Address at Yale University

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Griswold, Alfred Whitney. Address at Yale University. 9 Jun. 1957, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.

The important thing in life is not the victory but the contest; the essential thing is not to have won but to have fought well.

Baron Pierre de Coubertin

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Topic

Winning

Speaker

Baron Pierre de Coubertin

Medium

Speech

Language

French

Time

1908 1900s 20th century

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Citation

De Coubertin, Pierre. Banquet given by the British Government. 24 July 1908, Grafton Galleries, London, England, UK.

As for rioting, the old Roman way of dealing with that is always the right one; flog the rank and file, and fling the ringleaders from the Tarpeian rock.

Thomas Arnold

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Topic

Riots Law and order

Speaker

Thomas Arnold

Source

Culture and Anarchy

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1869 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Arnold, Matthew. Culture and Anarchy: An Essay in Political and Social Criticism. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1869. Originally published in Cornhill Magazine, 1868.