Just as every conviction begins as a whim so does every emancipator serve his apprenticeship as a crank. A fanatic is a great leader who is just entering the room.

Heywood Broun

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Topic

Innovation New ideas Timing Progress

Author

Heywood Broun

Source

New York World

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Sports broadcaster Journalist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Broun, Heywood. New York World, 6 Feb. 1928.

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The chief business of the American people is business.

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Source
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Medium
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English
Time
1925 1920s 20th century
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Citation

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The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.

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Topic
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Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne
Source
The House of the Seven Gables
Medium
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Language
English
Time
1851 1850s 19th century
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Original Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The House of the Seven Gables: A Romance. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851, ch. 20.

Current Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The House of the Seven Gables, edited by Robert S. Levine. W. W. Norton & Company, 2020, ch. 20.