1926

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I believe that in many cases the ideal size for the unit of control and organisation lies somewhere between the individual and the modern State. I suggest, therefore, that progress lies in the growth and the recognition of semi-autonomous bodies within the State.

John Maynard Keynes

The End of Laissez-faire

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Topic

Government Political theory

Author

John Maynard Keynes

Source

The End of Laissez-faire

Medium

Essay

Genre

Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

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Original Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. The End Of Laissez-faire. Hogarth Press, 1926, ch. 4.

Current Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. "The End of Laissaz-faire." The Essential Keynes. Penguin, edited by Robert Skidelsky, 2016, ch. 4.

You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.

Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises

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Topic

Running away Facing oneself

Speaker

Jake Barnes

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Source

The Sun Also Rises

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. The Sun Also Rises. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926, bk. 1, ch. 2.

A bottle of wine was good company.

Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises

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Topic

Wine Alcohol Getting drunk Good company

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Source

The Sun Also Rises

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. The Sun Also Rises. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926, bk. 3, ch. 19.

Everyone behaves badly...Give them the proper chance.

Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises

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Topic

Human nature

Speaker

Jake Barnes

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Source

The Sun Also Rises

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. The Sun Also Rises. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926, , bk. 2, ch. 16.

I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it.

Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises

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Topic

Passage of time Aging Living life to the fullest Wasting time Life

Speaker

Robert Cohn

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Source

The Sun Also Rises

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. The Sun Also Rises. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926, bk. 1, ch. 2.

It is completely unimportant... That is why it is so interesting.

Hercule Poirot

Quoted in The Murder of Rogers Ackroyd

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Topic

Clues

Speaker

Hercule Poirot

Author

Agatha Christie

Source

The Murder of Rogers Ackroyd

Medium

Novel

Genre

Detective fiction

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

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Original Citation

Christie, Agatha. "Who Killed Ackroyd?" London Evening News, July - Sept. 1925.

Current Citation

Christie, Agatha. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Vintage Books, 2022, ch. 7.

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

Kahlil Gibran

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Topic

Sadness

Author

Kahlil Gibran

Source

Sand and Foam

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

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Original Citation

Gibran, Khalil. Sand and Foam. Alfred A. Knopf, 1926.

Current Citation

Gibran, Khalil. Sand and Foam. Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.

An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper.

Kahlil Gibran

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Topic

Exaggeration Truth

Author

Kahlil Gibran

Source

Sand and Foam

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Gibran, Kahlil. Sand and Foam. Alfred A. Knopf, 1926.

Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it? Do you realize you've lived nearly half the time you have to live already?

Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises

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Topic

Passage of time Aging Missed opportunities Life

Speaker

Robert Cohn

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Source

The Sun Also Rises

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. The Sun Also Rises. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926, bk. 1, ch. 2.

Love's a disease. But curable.

Rose Macaulay

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Topic

Love

Speaker

Denham Dobie

Author

Rose Macaulay

Source

Crewe Train

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Macaulay, Rose. Crewe Train. W. Collins Sons & Co./Boni and Liveright, 1926, ch. 13.

Current Citation

Macaulay, Rose. Crewe Train. Virago, 2018, ch. 13.

Eeyore was saying to himself, "This writing business. Pencils and what-not. Over-rated, if you ask me. Silly stuff. Nothing in it."

A.A. Milne

Winnie-the-Pooh

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Topic

Writing

Author

A.A. Milne

Source

Winnie-the-Pooh

Medium

Children's book

Genre

Children's literature

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Milne, A. A. Winnie-the-Pooh. Methuen/Dutton, 1926.

Current Citation

Milne, A. A. Winnie-the-Pooh. Dutton Books for Young Readers, 2017.

A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.

John Maynard Keynes

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Topic

History of ideas Education as liberation History Education

Author

John Maynard Keynes

Source

The End of Laissez-faire

Medium

Essay

Genre

Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

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Original Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. The End of Laissez-Faire. Hogarth Press, 1926, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. "The End of Laissaz-faire." The Essential Keynes. Penguin, edited by Robert Skidelsky, 2016, ch. 1.

No one in this world, so far as I know...has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people.

H.L. Mencken

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Topic

The masses

Author

H.L. Mencken

Source

Notes on Journalism Chicago Tribune

Medium

Article Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Mencken, Henry Louis. "Notes on Journalism." Chicago Tribune, 19 Sept. 1926.

The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds.

Edgar A. Guest

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Topic

Practice what you preach Personal integrity

Author

Edgar A. Guest

Source

Sermons We See

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Guest, Edgar. Sermons We See. c. 1926.

Listen! the wind is rising,
and the air is wild with leaves,
We have had our summer evenings,
now for October eves!

Humbert Wolfe

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Topic

Autumn Seasons

Author

Humbert Wolfe

Source

Autumn (Resignation)

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Wolfe, Humbert. "Autumn (Resignation)." Poems. Selections. Ernest Benn Ltd, 1926, st. 2.

Private property is a necessary institution, at least in a fallen world; men work more and dispute less when goods are private than when they are common. But it is to be tolerated as a concession to human frailty, not applauded as desirable in itself.

R.H. Tawney

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Topic

Property rights

Author

R.H. Tawney

Source

Religion and the Rise of Capitalism

Genre

Religious literature Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Tawney, Richard Henry. Religion and the Rise of Capitalism. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1926, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Tawney, Richard Henry. Religion and the Rise of Capitalism. Angelico Press, 2021, ch. 1.

To take usury is contrary to Scripture; it is contrary to Aristotle; it is contrary to nature, for it is to live without labour; it is to sell time, which belongs to God, for the advantage of wicked men; it is to rob those who use the money lent, and to whom, since they make it profitable, the profits should belong.

R.H. Tawney

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Topic

Finance

Author

R.H. Tawney

Source

Religion and the Rise of Capitalism

Genre

Religious literature Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Tawney, Richard Henry. Religion and the Rise of Capitalism. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1926, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Tawney, Richard Henry. Religion and the Rise of Capitalism. Angelico Press, 2021, ch. 1.