Taste...Is the only morality...Tell me what you like, and I'll tell you what you are.

John Ruskin

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Topic

Taste

Speaker

John Ruskin

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1864 1860s 19th century

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Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Ruskin, John. "Traffic." c. 1864, Town Hall, Bradford, England, UK. Lecture.

Current Citation

Ruskin, John. Traffic. Penguin UK, 2015.

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A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for...is a miserable creature, who has no chance of being free.

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Topic
Willingness to fight Self-sacrifice Cowardice Freedom

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Source
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Medium
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Original Citation

Mill, John Stuart. "The Contest in America." Fraser's Magazine, Feb. 1862.

Current Citation

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If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.

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Topic
Slavery

Author

Abraham Lincoln
Source
Letters of Abraham Lincoln
Medium
Letter
Genre
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Language
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Time
1864 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Albert G. Hodges. 4 Apr. 1864.

Current Citation

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