Private beneficence is totally inadequate to deal with the vast numbers of the city's disinherited.

Jane Addams

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Topic

Poverty Political theory Role of government Charity

Author

Jane Addams

Source

Twenty Years at Hull House

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

1910 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Suffragist Activist

From

United States

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Citation

Addams, Jane. Twenty Years at Hull House. The Macmillan Company, 1910.

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Breathless, we flung us on the windy hill,
Laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass.

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Topic
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Rupert Brooke
Source
The Hill
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1916 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Brooke, Rupert. "The Hill." Collected Poems. John Lane, 1916, I. 1.

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A little rebellion now and then is a good thing.

Thomas Jefferson

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Topic
Rebellion Revolution Political theory Politics

Author

Thomas Jefferson
Source
Letters of Thomas Jefferson
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1787 1780s 18th century
Era
American Revolutionary Period
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to James Madison. 30 Jan. 1787.

Current Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. "James Madison, Jan. 30, 1787." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.