A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.

John Maynard Keynes

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Topic

History of ideas Education as liberation History Education

Author

John Maynard Keynes

Source

The End of Laissez-faire

Medium

Essay

Genre

Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Economist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. The End of Laissez-Faire. Hogarth Press, 1926, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. "The End of Laissaz-faire." The Essential Keynes. Penguin, edited by Robert Skidelsky, 2016, ch. 1.

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Another quote from the 1920s

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

Langston Hughes

Dreams

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Topic
Dreams

Author

Langston Hughes
Source
Dreams The World Tomorrow
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1923 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Hughes, Langston. “Dreams.” The World Tomorrow, May 1923, I. 1.

Current Citation

Hughes, Langston. “Dreams.” The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: Essays on Art, Race, Politics, and World Affairs. Vol. 9, University of Missouri Press, 2001.

Another quote about History

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.

Aldous Huxley

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Topic
Learning from the past History repeating itself History Human nature

Author

Aldous Huxley
Source
A Case of Voluntary Ignorance Esquire
Medium
Essay Magazine
Language
English
Time
1956 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Huxley, Aldous. "A Case of Voluntary Ignorance." Collected Essays. Harper & Brothers, 1959. Originally published Esquire, 1 Oct. 1956.