The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.

Benjamin Disraeli

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Disenchanted world Progress

Speaker

Miss Dacre

Author

Benjamin Disraeli

Source

The Young Duke

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1831 1830s 19th century

Occupation

National leader Politician

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Disraeli, Benjamin. The Young Duke. Vol. 1, London: Henry Colburn, 1831, bk. 2, ch. 5.

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At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

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Language
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Time
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Lincoln, Abraham. "The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions." 27 Jan. 1838, Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, IL, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Address to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, January 27, 1838." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low; the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Source
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Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "I Have a Dream." March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. 28 Aug. 1963, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, USA.