Progress

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She assured them, too, of her firm belief, that, at some brighter period, when the world should have grown ripe for it, in Heaven's own time, a new truth would be revealed, in order to establish the whole relation between man and woman on a surer ground of mutual happiness.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

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Gender relations Progress

Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Source

The Scarlet Letter

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1850 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter: A Romance. Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, 1850, ch. 24.

Current Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter, edited by Brian Harding. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 24.

Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned... Until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation... Until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes... Until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race... Until that day, the dream of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained.

Haile Selassie I

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Topic

Racism Progress World peace

Speaker

Haile Selassie I

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Selassie, Haile. Address to the United Nations General Assembly. United Nations General Assembly. 4 Oct. 1963, New York, NY, USA.

The advancement of the arts from year to year taxes our credulity, and seems to presage the arrival of that period when human improvement must end.

Henry L. Ellsworth

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Topic

Technological progress Progress

Author

Henry L. Ellsworth

Language

English

Time

1843 1840s 19th century

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Citation

Ellsworth, Henry L. "Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the Year." U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1843.

"Wait" has almost always meant "Never."

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Letter from Birmingham Jail

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Topic

Civil rights Social progress Political progress Progress Politics

Author

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Source

Letter from Birmingham Jail

Medium

Open letter Letter

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." 16 Apr. 1963.

Current Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Letter from a Birmingham City Jail (1963)." A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches, edited by James M. Washington. HarperOne, 2003.

The man with a new idea is a Crank until the idea succeeds.

Mark Twain

Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

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Topic

New ideas Innovation Thinking differently Progress

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

Genre

Travel writing

Language

English

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Twain, Mark. Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1897, ch. 32.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark. "Following the Equator." Mark Twain: A Tramp Abroad, Following the Equator, Other Travels, edited by Roy Blount Jr. Library of America, 2010, ch. 32.

We cannot reform our forefathers.

George Eliot

Adam Bede

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Topic

Morality of the past The past Progress

Author

George Eliot

Source

Adam Bede

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Eliot, George. Adam Bede. Edinburgh/London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1859, ch. 53.

Current Citation

Eliot, George. Adam Bede, edited by Carol A. Martin. Oxford University Press, 2008, ch. 53.

A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.

Fidel Castro

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Topic

Revolution Past and future Political progress Progress Politics

Speaker

Fidel Castro

Source

Speech on the 2nd Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

Spanish

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Castro, Fidel. Discurso Pronunciado por El Comandante Fidel Castro Ruz, Primer Ministro De Gobierno Revolucionario [Speech on the Second Anniversary of the Triumph of the Revolution]. 2 Jan. 1961, Plaza de la Revolución, Havana, Cuba.

The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice.

Barack Obama

Quoting Martin Luther King, Jr., who likely was paraphrasing a quote by Theodore Parker in 1853.

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Topic

Nature of progress Social progress Political progress Progress

Speaker

Barack Obama

Source

Keep Moving From This Mountain

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1965 1960s 20th century

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Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Keep Moving From This Mountain." 25 Feb. 1965, Temple Israel of Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

To think clearly is a necessary first step toward political regeneration.

George Orwell

Politics and the English Language

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Topic

Political progress Progress

Author

George Orwell

Source

Politics and the English Language

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

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Original Citation

Orwell, George. "Politics and the English Language." Horizon, Apr. 1946, vol. 13, issue 76, pp. 252-265.

Current Citation

Orwell, George. "Politics and the English Language." The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell, vol. 4: In Front of Your Nose 1945-1950, edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus. David R. Godine, 1999, no. 38.

Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the solution.

Gloria Steinem

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Topic

Living in the past The past Change Progress

Author

Gloria Steinem

Source

Moving Beyond Words

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Steinem, Gloria. Moving Beyond Words: Age, Rage, Sex, Power, Money, Muscles: Breaking the Boundries of Gender. Simon & Schuster, 1994.

Men travel faster now, but I do not know if they go to better things.

Willa Cather

Death Comes for the Archbishop

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Topic

Technological progress Technology Progress Modern life The human condition

Speaker

Eusabio

Author

Willa Cather

Source

Death Comes for the Archbishop

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Cather, Willa. Death Comes for the Archbishop. Alfred A. Knopf, 1927, bk. 9, ch. 6.

The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Radicalism Conservatism Progress

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Journals of Mark Twain

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Notebook, edited by Albert Bigelow Paine. The Mark Twain Company, 1932, ch. 31. Originally from Notebook, c. 1897

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.

Oscar Wilde

A Woman of No Importance

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Topic

Unhappiness Discontent Motivation What motivates people Personal growth Progress

Speaker

Lord Illingworth

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

A Woman of No Importance

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1893 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. A Woman of No Importance. 1893, Haymarket Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "A Woman of No Importance." The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 2.

I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy.

John Adams

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Topic

Politics War Progress

Author

John Adams

Source

Letters of John Adams

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1780 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

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Original Citation

Adams, John. Letter to Abigail Adams. 12 May 1780.

Current Citation

John Adams to Abigail Adams, 12 May 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/04-03-02-0258.

The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.

Benjamin Disraeli

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Topic

Disenchanted world Progress

Speaker

Miss Dacre

Author

Benjamin Disraeli

Source

The Young Duke

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1831 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Disraeli, Benjamin. The Young Duke. Vol. 1, London: Henry Colburn, 1831, bk. 2, ch. 5.

It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation: Yes, we can. It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail towards freedom through the darkest of nights. Yes, we can. It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness. Yes, we can. It was the call of workers who organized, women who reached for the ballot, a president who chose the moon as our new frontier, and a king who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the promised land.

Barack Obama

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Topic

American character Progress

Speaker

Barack Obama

Source

Speeches of Barack Obama

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Obama, Barack. Remarks on New Hampshire primary night. New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary. 8 Jan. 2008, Nashua, NH, USA.

Finality, Sir, is not the language of politics.

Benjamin Disraeli

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Topic

Political theory Political progress Progress Politics

Speaker

Benjamin Disraeli

Source

Speeches of Benjamin Disraeli

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

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Citation

Disraeli, Benjamin. Speech about the Representation of the People. House of Commons. 28 Feb. 1859, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided man.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Technological progress Moral progress Progress

Author

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Source

The Man Who Was a Fool

Medium

Sermon

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

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Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "The Man Who Was a Fool." Detroit Council of Churches' Noon Lenten Services. 6 Mar. 1961, Detroit, MI, USA.

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been able to find its way.

Oscar Wilde

Intentions

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Topic

Progress The human condition

Speaker

Gilbert

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Critic as Artist Intentions

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1891 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Critic as Artist." Intentions. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1891, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Critic as Artist Part I." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008.

All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.

John F. Kennedy

Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy

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Nature of progress Political progress Progress

Speaker

John F. Kennedy

Source

Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Kennedy, John F. "Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1961, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.