Departure beyond the borders of my country is for me equivalent to death.

Boris Pasternak

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Travel

Author

Boris Pasternak

Medium

Letter

Language

Russian

Time

1958 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Russia Europe

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Citation

Pasternak, Boris. Letter to Nikita Khrushchev. 30 Oct. 1958.

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To separate them from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone... We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.

Earl Warren

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

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Jim Crow Segregation Civil rights

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Earl Warren
Source
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Medium
Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion
Genre
Legal writing
Language
English
Time
1954 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Warren, Earl. United States, Supreme Court. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. United States Reports, vol. 347, 17 May 1954, pp. 483-496. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/347/483/.

Another quote about Travel

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

Rudyard Kipling

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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 originally in Russian

The vague, crepuscular time; the time of regrets that resemble hopes, of hopes that resemble regrets, when youth has passed, but old age has not yet arrived.

Ivan Turgenev

Fathers and Sons

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Topic
Middle age

Author

Ivan Turgenev
Source
Fathers and Sons
Medium
Novel
Language
Russian
Time
1862 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Turgenev, Ivan. "Отцы и дети [Fathers and Sons]." The Russian Messenger, 1862.

Current Citation

Turgenev, Ivan. Fathers and Sons, translated by Richard Freeborn. Oxford University Press, 2008.