1771

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Every man has a lurking wish to appear considerable in his native place.

Samuel Johnson

Quoted in Letters of Samuel Johnson, by James Boswell

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Topic

Delusions of grandeur Ambition Home

Speaker

Samuel Johnson

Author

James Boswell

Source

Letters of Samuel Johnson

Medium

Letters

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1771 1770s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Letter to Sir Joshua Reynolds. 17 July 1771.

Current Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

The state of slavery is of such a nature, that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons, moral or political, but only positive law, which preserves its force long after the reasons, occasion, and time itself from whence it was created, is erased from memory. It is so odious, that nothing can be suffered to support it, but positive law.

William Murray, Lord Mansfield

Somerset v. Stewart

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Topic

Slavery

Author

William Murray, Lord Mansfield

Source

Somerset v. Stewart

Medium

Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1771 1770s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Murray, William. King's Bench. Somerset v Stewart. 98 ER 499. 22 June 1772.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

Edmund Burke

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Topic

Abuse of power Power

Author

Edmund Burke

Source

Speech on the Middlesex Election

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1771 1770s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Speech on the Middlesex Election," House of Commons, 7 Feb. 1771, House of Commons, London, England, UK.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Speech on the Middlesex Elections." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

Drive out prejudices through the door, and they will return through the window.

Frederick the Great

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Topic

Prejudice and bias Human nature

Author

Frederick the Great

Source

Letters of Frederick the Great

Medium

Letter

Language

German

Time

1771 1770s 18th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Frederick the Great. Letter to Voltaire. 19 Mar. 1771.

When prejudice commands, reason is silent.

Claude Adrien Helvétius

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Topic

Prejudice and bias Reason

Author

Claude Adrien Helvétius

Source

A Treatise on Man

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1771 1770s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Helvetius, Claude Andre. De L'homme, des ses Facultes Intellectuelles et de Son Education [A Treatise on Man: His Intellectual Faculties and His Education]. Vol. 2, London: James Cundee/Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, 1810, ch. 19.

Current Citation

Helvetius, Claude Andre. A Treatise on Man: His Intellectual Faculties and His Education, translated by W. Hooper. Vol. 2, University of Michigan Press, 2009, ch. 19.