If any question why we died,
Tell them, because our fathers lied.

Rudyard Kipling

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Topic

World War I

Author

Rudyard Kipling

Source

Common Form

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

Asia Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Kipling, Rudyard. "Common Form." The Years Between. Methuen and Co., 1919, I. 1.

Current Citation

Kipling, Rudyard. "Common Form." Selected Poems of Rudyard Kipling. Penguin Classics, 2006, I. 1.

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They change their skies above them,
But not their hearts that roam!

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Topic
Limitations of travel Travel

Author

Rudyard Kipling
Source
The Native-Born
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1895 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Kipling, Rudyard. "The Native-Born." London Times, 1895, st. 2.

Another quote from the 1910s

The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.

Sir Edward Grey

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Topic
World War I
Speaker
Sir Edward Grey
Statement Type
Prophecies and predictions
Language
English
Time
1914 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Grey, Edward. Twenty-Five Years, 1892-1916. Vo1. 2, Frederick A. Stokes, 1925, ch. 18.

Another quote from 1919

Freedom is always freedom for the one who thinks differently.

Rosa Luxemburg

The Russian Revolution

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Topic
Minority rights Freedom

Author

Rosa Luxemburg
Source
The Russian Revolution
Genre
Political literature Historical literature
Language
German
Time
1919 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Luxemburg, Rosa. "The Russian Revolution." The Russian Revolution and Leninism or Marxism? Trans. Bertram Wolfe. University of Michigan Press, 1961, ch. 6. Originally, Die russische Revolution [The Russian Revolution]. Paul Levi, 1922, ch. 6.