1929

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The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.

D.H. Lawrence

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Topic

Flowers

Author

D.H. Lawrence

Source

Pansies

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lawrence, D.H. Pansies. Martin Secker, 1929, introduction.

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought—not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

United States v. Schwimmer

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Topic

Freedom of thought Pluralism

Author

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Source

United States v. Schwimmer

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. Dissenting Opinion. United States v. Schwimmer. United States Reports, vol. 279, 27 May 1929, pp. 653-655. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/279/644/.

The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.

Ernest Hemingway

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Topic

Suffering The human condition

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Source

A Farewell to Arms

Medium

Novel

Genre

War novel

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. "A Farewell to Arms." Scribner's Magazine, May 1929 - Oct. 1929, bk. 4, ch. 34.

Current Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. Scribners, 1995, bk. 4, ch. 34.

Love your solitude and bear with sweet-sounding lamentation the suffering it causes you.

Rainer Maria Rilke

Letters to a Young Poet

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Topic

Solitude

Author

Rainer Maria Rilke

Source

Letters to a Young Poet

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Advice

Language

German

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letter to Franz Kappus. 16 July 1903.

Current Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letters to a Young Poet, translated by Charlie Louth. Penguin Classics, 2014.

Which of us has known his brother? Which of us has looked into his father's heart? Which of us has not remained forever prison-pent? Which of us is not forever a stranger and alone?

Thomas Wolfe

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Topic

Existential solitude

Author

Thomas Wolfe

Source

Look Homeward, Angel

Medium

Novel

Genre

Coming of age

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Wolfe, Thomas. Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929, foreword.

Why are women…so much more interesting to men than men are to women?

Virginia Woolf

A Room of One's Own

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Topic

Men and women

Author

Virginia Woolf

Source

A Room of One's Own

Medium

Essay

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. Hogarth Press/Harcourt Brace & Co., 1929, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. Mariner Books, 2005, ch. 2.

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.

Bertrand Russell

Marriage and Morals

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Topic

Unfounded beliefs Beliefs

Author

Bertrand Russell

Source

Marriage and Morals

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Russell, Bertrand. Marriage and Morals. Allen & Unwin, 1929, ch. 5.

Life isn't hard to manage when you've nothing to lose.

Ernest Hemingway

A Farewell to Arms

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Topic

Nothing to lose

Speaker

Catherine Barkley

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Source

A Farewell to Arms

Medium

Novel

Genre

War novel

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. "A Farewell to Arms." Scribner's Magazine, May 1929 - Oct. 1929, bk. 2, ch. 21.

Current Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. Scribners, 1995, bk. 2, ch. 21.

Men travel faster now, but I do not know if they go to better things.

Willa Cather

Death Comes for the Archbishop

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Topic

Technological progress Technology Progress Modern life The human condition

Speaker

Eusabio

Author

Willa Cather

Source

Death Comes for the Archbishop

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Cather, Willa. Death Comes for the Archbishop. Alfred A. Knopf, 1927, bk. 9, ch. 6.

The beauty of the world which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.

Virginia Woolf

A Room of One's Own

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Topic

Yin and yang Duality of man

Author

Virginia Woolf

Source

A Room of One's Own

Medium

Essay

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. Hogarth Press/Harcourt Brace & Co., 1929, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. Mariner Books, 2005, ch. 1.

There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.

Virginia Woolf

A Room of One's Own

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Topic

Freedom of thought Freedom

Author

Virginia Woolf

Source

A Room of One's Own

Medium

Essay

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1929 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. Hogarth Press/Harcourt Brace & Co., 1929, ch. 4.

Current Citation

Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. Mariner Books, 2005, ch. 4.

A work of art is good if it has grown out of necessity.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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Topic

Art

Author

Rainer Maria Rilke

Source

Letters to a Young Poet

Medium

Letter

Language

German

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letter to Franz Kappus. 17 Feb. 1903.

Current Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letters to a Young Poet, translated by Charlie Louth. Penguin Classics, 2014.

This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is an insignificant book because it deals with the feelings of women in a drawing room.

Virginia Woolf

A Room of One's Own

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Topic

Patriarchy Societal values

Author

Virginia Woolf

Source

A Room of One's Own

Medium

Essay

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. Hogarth Press/Harcourt Brace & Co., 1929, ch. 4.

Current Citation

Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. Mariner Books, 2005, ch. 4.

It is the masculine values that prevail... This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is an insignificant book because it deals with the feelings of women in a drawing room.

Virginia Woolf

A Room of One's Own

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Topic

Societal values Gender relations

Author

Virginia Woolf

Source

A Room of One's Own

Medium

Essay

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. Hogarth Press/Harcourt Brace & Co., 1929, ch. 4.

Current Citation

Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. Mariner Books, 2005, ch. 4.

I never saw a wild thing
sorry for itself.

D.H. Lawrence

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Topic

Man and animals Self-pity

Author

D.H. Lawrence

Source

Self-Pity Pansies

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Lawrence, D.H. "Self-Pity." Pansies. Martin Secker, 1929, I. 1-2.

Take your delight in momentariness,
Walk between dark and dark-a shining space
With the grave’s narrowness, though not its peace.

Robert Graves

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Topic

Shortness of life The ephemeral Life

Author

Robert Graves

Source

Sick Love

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

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Original Citation

Graves, Robert. "Sick Love." Poems 1929. Seizin Press, 1929, l. 10-12.

Current Citation

Graves, Robert. "Sick Love." The Complete Poems: In One Volume. Penguin Books, 2003, l. 10-12.

The psychology of adultery has been falsified by conventional morals, which assume, in monogamous countries, that attraction to one person cannot coexist with a serious affection for another. Everybody knows that this is untrue.

Bertrand Russell

Marriage and Morals

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Topic

Infidelity

Author

Bertrand Russell

Source

Marriage and Morals

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Russell, Bertrand. Marriage and Morals. Allen & Unwin, 1929, ch. 16.

Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science.

Edwin Hubble

The Exploration of Space

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Topic

Man and the universe Science

Author

Edwin Hubble

Source

The Exploration of Space Harper’s Magazine

Medium

Magazine

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Hubble, Edwin. “The Exploration of Space.” Harper’s Magazine, May 1929.

Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.

John Dewey

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Topic

Scientific progress Progress Imagination

Author

John Dewey

Source

The Copernican Revolution The Quest for Certainty

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Dewey, John. "The Quest for Certainty: A Study of the Relation of Knowledge and Action." 1928–1929, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.

Edna Ferber

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Topic

Single women Single life

Speaker

Edna Ferber

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Ferber, Edna. Comment at a round table. Algonquin Round Table. c. 1929, Algonquin Hotel, New York City, NY, USA.