We seem, as it were, to have conquered and peopled half the world in a fit of absence of mind.

John Seeley

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Topic

Imperialism

Author

John Seeley

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1881 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Historian Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Seeley, John. "Tendency in English History." 1881, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, UK. Lecture.

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No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man, without at last finding the other end of it fastened about his own neck.

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Topic
Consequences of oppression
Speaker
Frederick Douglass
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1883 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Douglass, Frederick. Speech in Washington, D.C. Civil Rights Mass Meeting. 22 Oct. 1883, Lincoln Hall, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Douglass, Frederick. "This Decision Has Humbled the Nation (1883)." The Speeches of Frederick Douglass, edited by John R. McKivigan, Julie Husband and Heather L. Kaufman. Yale University Press, 2018.