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Atwood, Margaret. Surfacing. McClelland and Stewart, 1972, ch. 27.

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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.

He that falls in love with himself, will have no Rivals.

Richard Saunders

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Franklin, Benjamin [Published as Richard Saunders]. "February 1739." Poor Richard, 1739. An Almanack for the Year of Christ 1739. Philadelphia: Benjamin Franklin, 1738.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard 1739." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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Kerouac, Jack. On the Road. Viking Press, 1957, pt. 1.

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

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Lewis, Sinclair. Elmer Gantry. Harcourt Trade Publishers, 1927, ch. 20.

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Lewis, Sinclair. Elmer Gantry. Signet, 2007, ch. 20.

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.

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Lewis, C.S. The Screwtape Letters. Geoffrey Bles, 1942, ch. 29.

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Bentham, Jeremy. Supply Without Burthen; or Escheat Vice Taxation. London: J. Debrett, 1795.

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Bentham, Jeremy. "Supply Without Burthen; or Escheat Vice Taxation." Jeremy Bentham's Economic Writings, edited by Werner Stark. Vol. 1, Routledge, 2003.

I am the Love that dare not speak its name.

Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas

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Douglas, Alfred Bruce. "Two Loves." The Chameleon, Dec. 1894.

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Douglas, Alfred Bruce. "Two Loves." Two Loves and Other Poems. Bennett & Kitchel, 1990.

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Heywood, John. The Proverbs of John Heywood. London: George Bell and Sons, 1874, pt. 1, ch. 2.

Have I not reason to lament
What man has made of man?

William Wordsworth

Lines Written in Early Spring

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Wordsworth, William. "Lines written in early spring." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. and A. Arch, 1798, st. 6.

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Wordsworth, William. "Lines written in Early Spring." William Wordsworth: The Major Works: including The Prelude, edited by Stephen Gill. Oxford University Press, 2008, st. 6.

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Voltaire. Letter to Etienne Noel Damilaville. 16 May 1767.

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Heywood, John. The Proverbs of John Heywood. London: George Bell and Sons, 1874, pt. 1, ch. 11.

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Adams, Henry. The Education of Henry Adams. 1907, ch. 28.

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Adams, Henry. "The Education of Henry Adams." Henry Adams: Democracy, Esther, Mont Saint Michel and Chartres, The Education of Henry Adams, edited by Ernest Samuels and Jayne Samuels. Library of America, 1983, ch. 28.