The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.

G.K. Chesterton

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The rich

Speaker

The Irishman

Author

G.K. Chesterton

Source

The Flying Inn

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1914 1910s 20th century

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Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Chesterton, G.K. "The Flying Inn." The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton, edited by Iain T. Benson. Vol. 7, Ignatius Press, 2005, ch. 15. Originally published by John Lane/Methuen, 1914.

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Breathless, we flung us on the windy hill,
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Rupert Brooke
Source
The Hill
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
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Original Citation

Brooke, Rupert. "The Hill." Collected Poems. John Lane, 1916, I. 1.

Current Citation

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He looked down the slope and, at the base, in the shadow of the wall of the Park, he saw some human figures lying. Those venal and furtive loves filled him with despair. He gnawed the rectitude of his life; he felt that he had been outcast from life's feast.

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James Joyce
Source
A Painful Case Dubliners
Medium
Short story
Language
English
Time
1914 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Joyce, James. "A Painful Case." Dubliners. Grant Richards, 1914.

Current Citation

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