What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.

Wendell Phillips

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Topic

Printing press Technological progress Progress

Speaker

Wendell Phillips

Source

Public Opinion on The Abolition Question

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1864 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Abolitionist Activist

From

United States

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Citation

Phillips, Wendell. Speech in Boston. Massachusetts Antislavery Society meeting. 28 Jan. 1852, The Melodeon, Boston, MA, USA.

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The strongest of all warriors are these two-Time and Patience.

Leo Tolstoy

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Time Patience
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Source
War and Peace
Medium
Novel
Language
Russian
Time
1869 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. "Война и миръ [War and Peace]." The Russian Messenger, 1865-1867. Serial.

Current Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. War and Peace, translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude. Oxford University Press, 2010.

Another quote about Progress

I do not pretend to understand the moral universe, the arc is a long one... But from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice.

Theodore Parker

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Topic
Moral progress Social progress Progress
Speaker
Theodore Parker
Source
Ten Sermons of Religion
Medium
Sermon
Language
English
Time
1853 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Parker, Theodore. "Of Justice and the Conscience." Ten Sermons of Religion. Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company/New York: Charles S. Francis and Company, 1853.

Another quote from 1864

Man is everywhere a disturbing agent. Wherever he plants his foot, the harmonies of nature are turned to discords.

George Perkins Marsh

Man and Nature

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Topic
Man and nature Environmental destruction

Author

George Perkins Marsh
Source
Man and Nature
Language
English
Time
1864 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Marsh, George Perkins. Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action. New York: Charles Scribner, 1864, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Marsh, George Perkins. Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action. Dover Publications, 2021, ch. 1.