1783

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Pitt, William. Speech in the House of Lords. House of Lords meeting. 18 Nov. 1783, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London, England, UK.

People are not always what they seem.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Nathan the Wise

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Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim. Nathan der Weise [Nathan the Wise]. 14 Apr. 1783, Dobbelinsches Theatre, Berlin, Germany, act 1, sc. 6.

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Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim. Nathan the Wise, translated by William Taylor. Dover Publications, 2015, act 1, sc. 6.

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Socrates. Quoted in "Περὶ φυγῆς [On Exile]." Written by Plutarch. Ἠθικά Ethika [Moralia]. c. 100 AD.

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Franklin, Benjamin. Letter to Robert Morris. 25 Dec. 1783.

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Franklin, Benjamin."Paris, 1776-1785: Robert Morris, December 26, 1783." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Quoted in "Das Gottliche [The Divine]." Uber die Lehre des Spinoza in Briefen ad den Herrn Moses Mendelssohn [On the Teachings of Spinoza in Letters to Moses Mendelssohn], written by Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi. Breslau: Gottlieb Lowe, 1785, pp. 2-4.

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "The Godlike." The Essential Goethe, edited and translated by Matthew Bell. Princeton University Press, 2018.

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Franklin, Benjamin. Letter to Josiah Quincy, Sr. 11 Sept. 1783.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "To Josiah Quincy, Sr., September 11, 1783." Franklin Papers, Yale University, franklinpapers.org/framedVolumes.jsp.

He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others.

Samuel Foote

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

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Foote, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 30 Mar. 1783.

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

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Washington, George. Address to officers of the Army. 15 Mar. 1783, Newburgh, NY, USA.

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Washington, George. "Speech to officers of the army, March 15, 1783." George Washington: Writings, edited by John H. Rhodehamel. Library of America, 1997.

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Mendelssohn, Moses. Jerusalem oder über religiöse Macht und Judentum [Jerusalem, or on Religious Power and Judaism]. Berlin: Friedrich Maurer, 1783.

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Mendelssohn, Moses. Jerusalem: Or on Religious Power and Judaism, translated by Allan Arkush. Brandeis University Press, 1983.