Let us have done with British-Americans and Irish-Americans and German-Americans, and so on, and all be Americans... If a man is going to be an American at all let him be so without any qualifying adjectives; and if he is going to be something else, let him drop the word American from his personal description.

Henry Cabot Lodge

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Assimilation America

Speaker

Henry Cabot Lodge

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1888 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Politician

From

United States

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Citation

Lodge, Henry Cabot. "The Day We Celebrate." New England Society of Brooklyn meeting. 21 Dec. 1888, Brooklyn, New York City, NY, USA.

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I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind: it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely, in your thoughts, advanced to the stage of science, whatever the matter may be.

William Thomson, Lord Kelvin

Electrical Units of Measurement

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Topic
Knowledge
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William Thomson, Lord Kelvin
Source
Electrical Units of Measurement
Medium
Lecture
Language
English
Time
1883 1880s 19th century
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Citation

Thomson, William. "Electrical Units of Measurement." 3 May 1883, Institute of Civil Engineers, London, England, UK. Lecture.

Another quote about America

O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet—
And yet must be—the land where every man is free.

Langston Hughes

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Topic
American ideals America

Author

Langston Hughes
Source
Let America Be America Again
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1936 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Hughes, Langston. "Let America Be America Again." Esquire Magazine, July 1936.

Another quote from the following genre Political speech

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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Topic
Patriotism
Speaker
Frederick Douglass
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1847 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
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.