1803

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The government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men.

John Marshall

Marbury v. Madison

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Topic

Rule of law American politics

Author

John Marshall

Source

Marbury v. Madison

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1803 1800s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Marshall, John. United States, Supreme Court. Marbury v. Madison. United States Reports, vol. 5, 24 Feb. 1803, pp. 137-180. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/5/137/.

To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour

William Blake

Auguries of Innocence

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Topic

Interconnectedness of all things Scale

Author

William Blake

Source

Auguries of Innocence Poems from the Pickering Manuscript

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1803 1800s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." Songs of Innocence and Experience, with Other Poems. London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1866.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is... If two laws conflict with each other, the Courts must decide on the operation of each... This is of the very essence of judicial duty.

John Marshall

Marbury v. Madison

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Judicial supremacy Separation of powers Constitutional theory Legal theory

Author

John Marshall

Source

Marbury v. Madison

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1803 1800s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Marshall, John. United States, Supreme Court. Marbury v. Madison. United States Reports, vol. 5, 24 Feb. 1803, pp. 137-180. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/5/137/.

Certainly all those who have framed written Constitutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory of every such government must be that an act of the Legislature repugnant to the Constitution is void.

John Marshall

Marbury v. Madison

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Topic

Constitutional theory

Author

John Marshall

Source

Marbury v. Madison

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1803 1800s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Marshall, John. United States, Supreme Court. Marbury v. Madison. United States Reports, vol. 5, 24 Feb. 1803, pp. 137-180. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/5/137/.

A Truth that's told with bad intent
Beats all the Lies you can invent

William Blake

Auguries of Innocence

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Topic

Truth and lies Truth Lies

Author

William Blake

Source

Auguries of Innocence Poems from the Pickering Manuscript

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1803 1800s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." Songs of Innocence and Experience, with Other Poems. London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1866.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

Architecture in general is frozen music.

Friedrich von Schelling

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Topic

Architecture

Author

Friedrich von Schelling

Source

Philosophy of Art

Medium

Lecture

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1803 1800s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Schelling, Friedrich. Philosophie der Kunst [Philosophy of Art]. 1802-1803. Lecture series.

Current Citation

Schelling, Friedrich. The Philosophy of Art, translated by Douglas W. Stott. University of Minnesota Press, 2008.

Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.

Jacques Delille

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Topic

Friends and family Friends Family

Author

Jacques Delille

Source

Malheur Et Pitié

Medium

Poem

Language

French

Time

1803 1800s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Delille, Jacques. La Pitié, poeme en quatre chants. Brunswick: F. Vieweg, c. 1804, canto 1.

We walked up to the house and stood some minutes watching the swallows that flew about restlessly, and flung their shadows upon the sunbright walls of the old building; the shadows glanced and twinkled, interchanged and crossed each other, expanded and shrunk up, appeared and disappeared every instant.

Dorothy Wordsworth

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Birds Nature scene

Author

Dorothy Wordsworth

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1803 1800s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Wordsworth, Dorothy. Journal Entry. 16 Aug. 1803.

Current Citation

Wordsworth, Dorothy. "Journal entry 16 Aug. 1803." Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland. Yale University Press, 1997.

Oh why was I born with a different face?
Why was I not born like the rest of my race?

William Blake

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Topic

Fitting in

Author

William Blake

Source

O! why was I born with a different face?

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1803 1800s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Blake, William. Letter to Thomas Butts. Aug. 1803.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "[To] Mr. Butts August 16, 1803 'O why was I born with a different face.'" The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake. University of California Press, 2008.