A land that does not like doing things by halves.

Nikolai Gogol

Dead Souls

On Russia.

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Russia

Author

Nikolai Gogol

Source

Dead Souls

Medium

Novel

Language

Russian

Time

1842 1840s 19th century

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Writer

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Ukraine Europe

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Original Citation

Gogol, Nikolai. Мёртвые души [Dead Souls]. 1842, pt. 1, ch. 11.

Current Citation

Gogol, Nikolai. Dead Souls, translated Robert A. Maguire. Penguin Classics, 2004, pt. 1, ch. 11.

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No, I make no pretension to patriotism. So long as my voice can be heard on this or the other side of the Atlantic, I will hold up America to the lightning scorn of moral indignation. In doing this, I shall feel myself discharging the duty of a true patriot; for he is a lover of his country who rebukes and does not excuse its sins.

Frederick Douglass

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Patriotism
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Frederick Douglass
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1847 1840s 19th century
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Original Citation

Douglass, Frederick. "Love of God, Love of Man, Love of Country." 24 Sept. 1847, Syracuse, NY, USA.

Current Citation

Douglass, Frederick. "If I Had a Country, I Should Be a Patriot." American Heritage Book of Great American Speeches for Young People, edited by Suzanne McIntire. John Wiley & Sons, 2002.

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Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Brothers Karamazov

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Beauty

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Fyodor Dostoevsky
Source
The Brothers Karamazov
Medium
Novel
Language
Russian
Time
1880 1880s 19th century
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Original Citation

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. "Братья Карамазовы [The Brothers Karamazov]." The Russian Messenger, Jan. 1879 - Nov. 1880. Serial.

Current Citation

Dostoevsky, Feodor. The Brothers Karamazov, translated by David McDuff. Penguin Classics, 2003.