America cannot be an ostrich with its head in the sand.

Woodrow Wilson

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Topic

World War I America and the world

Speaker

Woodrow Wilson

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1916 1910s 20th century

Occupation

American President Nobel laureate National leader Politician

From

United States

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. Speech in Des Moines. 1 Feb. 1916, Des Moines Coliseum, Des Moines, IA, USA.

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Who knows what true loneliness is—not the conventional word, but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion. Now and then a fatal conjunction of events may lift the veil for an instant. For an instant only. No human being could bear a steady view of moral solitude without going mad.

Joseph Conrad

Under Western Eyes

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Topic
Existential solitude Loneliness

Author

Joseph Conrad
Source
Under Western Eyes
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1911 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Conrad, Joseph. Under Western Eyes. Harper & Brothers/Methuen Publishing, 1911, pt. 1, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Conrad, Joseph. Under Western Eyes. Dover Publications, 2003, pt. 1, ch. 2.

Another quote from 1916

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

Jack London

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Topic
Living life to the fullest
Speaker
Jack London
Language
English
Time
1916 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

London, Jack. Quoted in The Bulletin. 2 Dec. 1916.

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Cui bono?

Cicero

Pro Milone

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Topic
Incentives
Speaker
Cicero
Source
Pro Milone
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Statement Type
Question
Language
Latin
Time
52 BC 50s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Pro Milone [In Defense of Milo]. c. 52 BC, sect. 32.

Current Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Pro Milone [For Milo], translated by D. H. Berry. Oxford University Press, 2009, sect. 32.