1778

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Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Samuel Johnson

Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell

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Topic

Abuses of patriotism Patriotism

Speaker

Samuel Johnson

Author

James Boswell

Source

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1778 1770s 18th century

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Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 7 Apr. 1778.

Current Citation

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

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way.

John Paul Jones

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Topic

Sailing Taking risks

Author

John Paul Jones

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1778 1770s 18th century

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Citation

Jones, John Paul. Letter to Le Ray de Chaumont. 16 Nov. 1778.

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.

Voltaire

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Topic

Approaching death

Author

Voltaire

Language

French

Time

1778 1770s 18th century

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Citation

Voltaire. Note to his secretary, Jean-Louis Wagniere. 28 Feb. 1778.

All censure of a man's self is oblique praise. It is in order to shew how much he can spare.

Samuel Johnson

Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell

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Topic

False humility Self-criticism

Speaker

Samuel Johnson

Author

James Boswell

Source

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1778 1770s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 25 Apr. 1778.

Current Citation

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

It is the object only of war that makes it honorable. And if there was ever a just war since the world began, it is this in which America is now engaged.

Thomas Paine

The American Crisis

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Topic

American Revolution Just war End justifies the means

Author

Thomas Paine

Source

The American Crisis

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1778 1770s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Paine, Thomas. The American Crisis: Number 5. Lancaster: John Dunlap, 1778.

Current Citation

Paine, Thomas. "The American Crisis, Number V, March 21, 1778." Common Sense, The Crisis, & Other Writings from the American Revolution. Library of America, 2015.

People wish their enemies dead-but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone!

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

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Topic

Enemies

Speaker

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1778 1770s 18th century

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Citation

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley. Quoted in Letter to the Earl of Harcourt. Written by Horace Walpole. 17 Sept. 1778.

I am willing to love all mankind, except an American.

Samuel Johnson

Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell

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Topic

Americans

Speaker

Samuel Johnson

Author

James Boswell

Source

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1778 1770s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 15 Apr. 1778.

Current Citation

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

I have tried too in my time to be a philosopher; but, I don't know how, cheerfulness was always breaking in.

Oliver Edwards

Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell

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Topic

Philosophy Pessimism Optimism

Speaker

Oliver Edwards

Author

James Boswell

Source

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1778 1770s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Edwards, Oliver. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 17 Apr. 1778.

Current Citation

Edwards, Oliver. Quoted in Life of Samuel Johnson. Written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

It is really mortifying, sir, when a woman possessed of a common share of understanding considers the difference of education between the male and female sex, even in those families where education is attended to... Nay why should your sex wish for such a disparity in those whom they one day intend for companions and associates. Pardon me, sir, if I cannot help sometimes suspecting that this neglect arises in some measure from an ungenerous jealousy of rivals near the throne.

Abigail Adams

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Topic

Gender relations Oppression of women Men and women

Author

Abigail Adams

Source

Letters of Abigail Adams

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1778 1770s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Adams, Abigail. Letter to John Thaxter. 15 Feb. 1778.

Current Citation

Adams, Abigail. "Letter to John Thaxter, 1778." The Adams Papers: The Adams Family Correspondence Volumes 1 & 2, edited by L. H. Butterfield. Anthenum, 1965.