Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.

Louis Brandeis

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Topic

Transparency in government

Author

Louis Brandeis

Source

What Publicity Can Do Harper's Magazine

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1913 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Supreme Court Justice Judge Lawyer

From

United States

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Citation

Brandeis, Louis. "What Publicity Can Do." Harper's Weekly, 20 Dec. 1913.

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Another quote from the 1910s

Home is the place where, when you have to go there,
They have to take you in.

Robert Frost

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Topic
Home

Author

Robert Frost
Source
The Death of the Hired Man
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Definition
Language
English
Time
1914 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Frost, Robert. "The Death of the Hired Man." North of Boston. David Nutt, 1914.

Current Citation

Frost, Robert. "The Death of the Hired Man." Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays, edited by Richard Poirier and Mark Richardson. Library of America, 1995.

Another quote from 1913

To be born is to be wrecked on an island.

J.M. Barrie

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Topic
The human condition

Author

J.M. Barrie
Source
The Coral Island
Language
English
Time
1913 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Barrie, J. M. Quoted in The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean, by R. M. Ballantyne. James Nisbet and Co., 1913, preface.