Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.

Mark Twain

Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

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Topic

Custom and convention National myths Law

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

Genre

Travel writing

Language

English

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Humorist Novelist Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Twain, Mark. Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1897, ch. 51.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark. "Following the Equator." Mark Twain: A Tramp Abroad, Following the Equator, Other Travels, edited by Roy Blount Jr. Library of America, 2010, ch. 51.

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Source
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Medium
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Dunbar, Paul Lawrence. "Sympathy." Lyrics of the Hearthside. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1899, st. 3.

Current Citation

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Laws are silent in time of war.

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Topic
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Cicero
Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Authentication Score 2
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Pro Milone [In Defense of Milo]. c. 52 BC, sect. 11.

Current Citation

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