The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.

D.H. Lawrence

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Topic

Flowers

Author

D.H. Lawrence

Source

Pansies

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Lawrence, D.H. Pansies. Martin Secker, 1929, introduction.

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It will need more than the Nineteenth Amendment to convince me that there are no differences between men and women, or that legislation cannot take those differences into account.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Adkins v. Children's Hospital

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Topic
Women's equality Men and women

Author

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Source
Adkins v. Children's Hospital
Medium
Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion
Genre
Legal writing
Language
English
Time
1923 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. Dissenting Opinion. Adkins v. Children's Hospital. United States Reports, vol. 261, 9 Apr. 1923, pp. 567-571. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/250/616/.

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Much Madness is divinest Sense —
To a discerning Eye —
Much Sense—the starkest Madness —
'Tis the Majority
In this, as All, prevail —
Assent—and you are sane —
Demur—you're straightway dangerous —
And handled with a Chain —

Emily Dickinson

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Topic
Majority opinions Thinking differently

Author

Emily Dickinson
Source
Much Madness Is Divinest Sense Poems
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1886 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Dickinson, Emily. "Much Madness Is Divinest Sense." Poems by Emily Dickinson. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1890, I. 1.

Current Citation

Dickinson, Emily. "Much Madness Is Divinest Sense." Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them, edited by Cristanne Miller. Belknap Press, 2016, I. 1.