There was nothing but land; not a country at all, but the material out of which countries are made.

Willa Cather

My Antonia

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American frontier America

Author

Willa Cather

Source

My Antonia

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1918 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Cather, Willa, My Ántonia. Houghton Mifflin, 1918, bk. 1, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Cather, Willa. My Ántonia. W. W. Norton & Co., 2015, bk. 1, ch. 1.

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The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman.

Willa Cather

O Pioneers!

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Nature of history History Nations

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Willa Cather
Source
O Pioneers!
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1913 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Cather, Willa. O Pioneers! Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913, pt. 1, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Cather, Willa. O Pioneers, edited by Sharon O'Brien. W. W. Norton & Company, 2007, pt. 1, ch. 5.

Another quote from the 1910s

He was unheeded, happy and near to the wild heart of life.

James Joyce

The Egoist

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Happiness Contentment Being carefree

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James Joyce
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man The Egoist
Medium
Novel Magazine
Genre
Modernist literature
Language
English
Time
1915 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Joyce, James. "A Portrait of the Artists as a Young Man." The Egoist. 2 Feb. 1914 - 1 Sept. 1915. Serial.

Current Citation

Joyce, James. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, edited by John Paul Riquelme. W. W. Norton & Company, 2007, ch. 4.

Another quote about America

This country was a lot better off when the Indians were running it.

Vine Deloria, Jr.

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US and Native American relations America
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Vine Deloria, Jr.
Source
The New York Times Magazine
Medium
Magazine
Language
English
Time
1970 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Deloria, Vine, Jr. "This Country Was a Lot Better Off When the Indians Were Running It." The New York Times, 8 Mar. 1970.

Another quote from 1918

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought, and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Towne v. Eisner

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Source
Towne v. Eisner
Medium
Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion
Genre
Legal writing
Language
English
Time
1918 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. United States, Supreme Court. Towne v. Eisner. United States Reports, vol. 245, 7 Jan. 1918, pp. 418-427. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/245/418/.