1863

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Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Abraham Lincoln

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Topic

Declaration of Independence American founding Equality

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Gettysburg Address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1863 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Gettysburg Address." At the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery. 19 Nov. 1863, Gettysburg, PA, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Address at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, November 19, 1863." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion, that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Abraham Lincoln

Gettysburg Address

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Topic

American Civil War American politics

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Gettysburg Address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1863 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Gettysburg Address." At the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery. 19 Nov. 1863, Gettysburg, PA, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Address at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, November 19, 1863." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

All that is beautiful and noble is the result of reason and calculation.

Charles Baudelaire

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Topic

Reason Rationalism

Author

Charles Baudelaire

Source

Éloge du maquillage

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1863 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Baudelaire, Charles. "Éloge du maquillage [In Praise of Makeup]." The Painter of Modern Life. Paris: Le Figaro, c. 1863.

Current Citation

Baudelaire, Charles. "The Painter of Modern Life." Baudelaire: Selected Writings on Art and Literature, translated by P. E. Charvet. Penguin Classics, 1993.

Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees.

Stonewall Jackson

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Stonewall Jackson

Statement Type

Last words

Language

English

Time

1863 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Jackson, Stonewall. Last words. 10 May 1863, Guinea, Virginia, USA.

As in religion, so in politics, it is faith, and not despondency, that overcomes mountains and scales the heavens.

William Seward

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Topic

Overcoming obstacles Faith Courage

Author

William Seward

Source

Speech on Election Eve, 1863

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1863 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Seward, William. Speech on election eve. c. 1863, Washington, DC, USA.

When all the world is young, lad,
And all the trees are green;
And every goose a swan, lad,
And every lass a queen;
Then hey for boot and horse, lad,
And round the world away:
Young blood must have its course, lad,
And every dog his day.

Charles Kingsley

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Topic

Enjoying one's youth Youth

Author

Charles Kingsley

Language

English

Time

1863 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Kingsley, Charles. "The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby." Macmillan's Magazine, 1862-1863.

Current Citation

Kingsley, Charles. The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby, edited by Richard D. Beards. Penguin Classics, 2008.

The first virtue of a painting is to be a feast for the eyes.

Eugène Delacroix

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Topic

Purpose of art Painting Art

Author

Eugène Delacroix

Medium

Personal journal

Language

French

Time

1863 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Delacroix, Eugene. Journal entry. 22 June 1863.

Current Citation

Delacroix, Eugène. The Journal of Eugène Delacroix: A Selection, translated by Lucy Norton, edited by Hubert Wellington. Phaidon, 1995.

The relation subsisting between the white and colored people of this country, is of all other questions, the great, paramount, imperative and all commanding question for this age and nation to solve.

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Topic

Race relations

Speaker

Frederick Douglass

Source

The Present and Future of the Colored Race in America

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1863 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Douglass, Frederick. "The Present and Future of the Colored Race in America." 15 May 1863, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York City, NY, USA.

The world is often wiser than any philosopher.

Walter Bagehot

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Topic

The world Wisdom School of life

Author

Walter Bagehot

Source

National Review

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1863 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bagehot, Walter. "Article X: The Late Sir G. C. Lewis." The National Review, Oct. 1863.

Serene, I fold my hands and wait,
Nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea;
I rave no more 'gainst time or fate,
For lo! my own shall come to me.

John Burroughs

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Waiting Patience

Author

John Burroughs

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1863 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Burroughs, John. "Waiting." The Knickerbocker. New York, Mar. 1863.

Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.

Alexander Smith

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Topic

Death

Author

Alexander Smith

Language

English

Time

1863 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Smith, Alexander. "Of Death and the Fear of Dying." Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country. London: Strahan & Co., 1863.