Manifest destiny

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Go West, young man.

Horace Greeley

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American West Manifest destiny

Author

Horace Greeley

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1870 1870s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Greeley, Horace. Quoted in New-York Daily Tribune. 13 July 1865.

Brothers, I have listened to a great many talks from our great father. But they always began and ended in this: "Get a little further; you are too near me."

Speckled Snake

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Manifest destiny

Speaker

Speckled Snake

Language

English

Time

1829 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Speckled Snake. Speech delivered at a council of Indian chiefs. 20 June 1829, USA.

Current Citation

Speckled Snake. Quoted in A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present, written by Howard Zinn. Routledge, 2015, ch. 7.

Our manifest destiny [is] to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions.

John L. O'Sullivan

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Manifest destiny American expansion

Author

John L. O'Sullivan

Language

English

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

O'Sullivan, John Louis. United States Magazine and Democratic Review. July 1845-Aug. 1845.