Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Rudyard Kipling

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Topic

Power of words Language Drugs

Author

Rudyard Kipling

Source

Surgeons and the Soul

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1923 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

Asia Europe

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Original Citation

Kipling, Rudyard. "Surgeons and the Soul." The Royal College of Surgeons Annual Dinner. 14 Feb. 1923, London, England, UK.

Current Citation

Kipling, Rudyard. "Surgeons and the Soul." A Book of Words. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928.

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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Kipling, Rudyard. "The Ballad of East and West." Pioneer, 2 Dec. 1889.

Current Citation

Kipling, Rudyard. "The Ballad of East and West." The Collected Poems of Rudyard Kipling. Wordsworth Editions, 1999.

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Now I was eight and very small,
And he was no whit bigger,
And so I smiled, but he poked out
His tongue, and called me, "Nigger."

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Incident

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Author

Countee Cullen
Source
Incident
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1925 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Cullen, Countee. "Incident." Color. Harper & Brothers, 1925, I. 5.

Current Citation

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