I have seized the light. I have arrested its flight!

J'ai saisi la lumière - j'ai arrêté son vol!

Louis Daguerre

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Topic

Light Photography

Speaker

Louis Daguerre

Source

A History and Handbook of Photography

Language

French

Time

1825 1820s 19th century

Occupation

Photographer Artist

From

France Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Tissandier, Gaston. A History and Handbook of Photography, edited by John Thomson, Sampson, Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1876, p. 24.

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Author

Lord Byron
Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
English
Time
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Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Lord Byron. Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice. London: John Murray, 1821, act 1, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice. The Collected Poems of Lord Byron. Wordsworth, 1994, act 1, sc. 2.

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We never do evil so fully and cheerfully as when we do it out of conscience.

Blaise Pascal

Pensées

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Topic
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Author

Blaise Pascal
Source
Pensées
Medium
Epigram
Genre
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Language
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Time
1662 1660s 17th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Pascal, Blaise. Pensées [Thoughts]. Paris: Chez G. Desprez, 1670, no. 895.

Current Citation

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