It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Topic

Aging

Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Source

Notebooks of F. Scott Fitzgerald

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "Notebook O: Observations." The Crack-Up, edited by Edmund Wilson. New Directions, 2009. Originally published in Notebook O, c. 1940.

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The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach.

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Establishment Clause First Amendment Bill of Rights Constitutional law

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Hugo Black
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Medium
Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion
Genre
Legal writing
Language
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Time
1947 1940s 20th century
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Citation

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You and I are past our dancing days.

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Topic
Dancing Youth vs. old age Aging
Speaker
Capulet

Author

William Shakespeare
Genre
Tragedy (play)
Language
English
Time
1597 1590s 16th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. London: John Danter, 1597, act 1, sc. 5.

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Warfare... Is just an invention, older and more widespread than the jury system, but none the less an invention.

Margaret Mead

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Topic
War

Author

Margaret Mead
Source
Warfare is Only an Invention—Not a Biological Necessity
Medium
Essay
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Mead, Margaret. "Warfare is Only an Invention--Not a Biological Necessity." Asia, Aug. 1940.