I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood.

John Brown

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Slavery American Civil War America

Author

John Brown

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LAST WORDS

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Abolitionist Activist

From

United States

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Citation

Brown, John. Quoted in John Brown and His Men, written by R. J. Hinton. Funk and Wagnals, 1894. Originally was his last written words, 2 Dec. 1859.

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Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end... We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate.

Henry David Thoreau

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Time
1854 1850s 19th century
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Thoreau, Henry David. "Economy." Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.

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Thoreau, Henry David. "Economy." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.

Another quote about America

I like to be in America!
Ok by me in America!
Everything free in America
For a small fee in America!

Stephen Sondheim

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America
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Stephen Sondheim
Source
America West Side Story
Medium
Song Musical
Genre
Great American songbook
Language
English
Time
1957 1950s 20th century
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Sondheim, Stephen. "America." West Side Story. Composed by Leonard Bernstein. 26 Sept. 1957, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, New York, USA.

Another quote from 1859

There is grandeur in this view of life...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.

Charles Darwin

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Charles Darwin
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On the Origin of Species
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Scientific literature
Language
English
Time
1859 1850s 19th century
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Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of Species. London: John Murray, 1859, ch. 14.

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Darwin, Charles. The Origin of the Species, edited by William Bynum. Penguin, 2009, ch. 14.

Another quote of the following type Prophecies and predictions

I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy-but that could change.

Dan Quayle

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Spread of freedom and democracy
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Dan Quayle
Statement Type
Prophecies and predictions
Language
English
Time
1989 1980s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Quayle, Dan. Quoted in Wall Street Journal. 26 May 1989.