A purpose is the eternal condition of success. Nothing will take its place. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men of talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is a proverb... Education will not; the country is full of unsuccessful educated men... There is no road to success but through a clear, strong purpose.

Theodore T. Munger

On the Threshold

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Topic

How to succeed Success

Author

Theodore T. Munger

Source

On the Threshold

Language

English

Time

1881 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Clergyman

From

United States

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Citation

Munger, Theodore T. On the Threshold. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1881, ch. 1.

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Topic
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Author

Karl Marx
Source
Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right
Genre
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Marx, Karl. Zur Kritik der Hegelschen Rechtspilosophie [On the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Law]. Frankfurt, 1927.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl. A Critique of Hegel's "Philosophy of Right". Cambridge University Press, 2009.

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You don't ever have to do anything sensational for people to love you.

Fred Rogers

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Topic
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Speaker
Fred Rogers
Source
2002 Dartmouth commencement address
Medium
Speech
Genre
Commencement address
Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
2002 2000s 21st century
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Citation

Rogers, Fred. Commencement address to the Dartmouth Class of 2002. Commencement cermony. 2002, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.