"Genius" (which means transcendent capacity of taking trouble, first of all).

Thomas Carlyle

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Topic

Hard work Persistence

Author

Thomas Carlyle

Source

History of Frederick the Great

Language

English

Time

1858 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. "Friedrich's Apprenticeship, First Stage." History of Frederick the Great. Vol. 1, London: Chapman and Hall, 1858, bk. 4, ch. 3.

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"A fair day's-wages for a fair day's work:" it is as just a demand as Governed men ever made of Governing. It is the everlasting right of man.

Thomas Carlyle

Past and Present

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Workers' rights Human rights Citizen and state

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Thomas Carlyle
Source
Past and Present
Language
English
Time
1843 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. Past and Present. London: Chapman and Hall, 1843, bk. 1, ch. 3.

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Carlyle, Thomas. Past and Present, edited by David R. Sorensen and Brent E. Kinser. Oxford University Press, 2023, bk. 1, ch. 3.

Another quote from the 1850s

They are not included, and were not intended to be included, under the word "citizens" in the Constitution, and can therefore claim none of the rights and privileges which that instrument provides for and secures to citizens of the United States.

Roger B. Taney

Dred Scott v. Sandford

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Black Americans Citizenship Constitutional law Legal theory

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Roger B. Taney
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Dred Scott v. Sandford
Medium
Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1857 1850s 19th century
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Citation

Taney, Roger B. United States, Supreme Court. Dred Scott v. Sandford. United States Reports, vol. 60, 6 Mar. 1857, pp. 393-633. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/60/393/.

Another quote about Hard work

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Hard work Diligence Persistence Good luck Luck

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Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)
Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
Medium
Almanac
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1736 1730s 18th century
Era
Colonial America
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Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1736.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1736." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.