The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.

Herbert Spencer

State Tamperings with Money and Banks

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Topic

Foolishness

Author

Herbert Spencer

Source

State Tamperings with Money and Banks

Language

English

Time

1858 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Scientist

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Spencer, Herbert. "State Tamperings with Money and Banks." The Westminster Review, Jan. 1858.

Current Citation

Spencer, Herbert. "State Tamperings with Money and Banks." Essays, Scientific, Political, and Speculative. Vol. 3, Cornell University Library, 2009.

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What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham.

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Topic
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Source
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Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Douglass, Frederick. "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Independence Day Celebration. 5 July 1852, Corinthian Hall, Rochester, NY, USA.

Current Citation

Douglass, Frederick. "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Frederick Douglass: Speeches & Writings, edited by David W. Blight. Library of America, 2022.