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

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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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The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.

Sigmund Freud

The Interpretation of Dreams

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Topic
Interpretation and analysis Dreams

Author

Sigmund Freud
Source
The Interpretation of Dreams
Genre
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Language
German
Time
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Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Die Traumdeutung [The Interpretation of Dreams]. Leipzig und Wien: Franz Deuticke, 1900, ch. 7, sect. E.

Current Citation

Freud, Sigmund. The Interpretation of Dreams, translated and edited by James Strachey. Basic Books, 2010, ch. 7, sect. E.

Another quote about Law

The law must be stable, and yet it cannot stand still.

Roscoe Pound

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Topic
Legal theory Law
Speaker
Roscoe Pound
Medium
Lecture
Language
English
Time
1921 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Pound, Roscoe. Lecture delivered before Trinity College. Lent Term, 1922, Trinity College, Cambridge, England, UK.

Current Citation

Pound, Roscoe. Interpretations of Legal History. Cambridge University Press, 2013, ch. 1.