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The Court bows to the lessons of experience and the force of better reasoning, recognizing that the process of trial and error, so fruitful in the physical sciences, is appropriate also in the judicial function.

Louis Brandeis

Burnet v. Coronado Oil and Gas Co.

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Legal theory Constitutional law

Author

Louis Brandeis

Source

Burnet v. Coronado Oil and Gas Co.

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Brandeis, Louis. Dissenting Opinion. Burnet v. Coronado Oil and Gas Co. United States Reports, vol. 285, 11 Apr. 1932, pp. 393-413. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/285/393/.

Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism. Two cheers are quite enough: there is no occasion to give three.

E.M. Forster (Edward Morgan Forster)

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Democracy

Author

E.M. Forster (Edward Morgan Forster)

Source

What I Believe The Nation

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1938 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Forster, E.M. "What I Believe." Two Cheers for Democracy. Hogarth Press, 1951. Originally published in the Nation, 16 July 1938.

The chilling effect upon the exercise of First Amendment rights may derive from the fact of the prosecution, unaffected by the prospects of its success or failure.

William J. Brennan, Jr.

Dombrowski v. Pfister

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First Amendment Freedom of speech and expression

Author

William J. Brennan, Jr.

Source

Dombrowski v. Pfister

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1965 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Brennan, William J, Jr. United States, Supreme Court. Dombrowski v. Pfister. United States Reports, vol. 380, 26 Apr. 1965, pp. 479-502. supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/380/479/.

When urgent considerations of the public safety require compromise with the normal principles constraining law enforcement, the normal principles may have to bend. The Constitution is not a suicide pact.

Richard Posner

Edmond v. Goldsmith

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Topic

Rule of law Constitutional law

Author

Richard Posner

Source

Edmond v. Goldsmith

Medium

Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. Edmond v. Goldsmith. 98-4124. 7 July 1999. https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-7th-circuit/1176380.html.

Every man is fully satisfied that there is such a thing as truth, or he would not ask any question.

Charles Sanders Peirce

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Truth

Author

Charles Sanders Peirce

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1903 1900s 20th century

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Original Citation

Peirce, Charles Sanders. "Three Cotary Propositions of Pragmatism." 14 May 1903, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Current Citation

Peirce, Charles Sanders. "Lecture Seven: Three Cotary Propositions of Pragmatism." Pragmatism as a Principle and Method of Right Thinking: The 1903 Harvard Lectures on Pragmatism. State University of New York Press, 1997.

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.

John Burroughs

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Grass is always greener Bloom where you're planted Opportunities

Author

John Burroughs

Source

The Divine Soil The Atlantic

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1908 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Burroughs, John. "The Divine Soil." The Atlantic, Apr. 1908.

Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: "Do not march on Moscow"...[Rule 2] is: "Do not go fighting with your land armies in China."

Bernard Montgomery

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Military strategy War

Speaker

Bernard Montgomery

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Montgomery, Bernard Law. Speech in House of Lords. 30 May 1962, Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

From the intrinsic evidence of his creation, the Great Architect of the Universe now begins to appear as a pure mathematician.

James Jeans

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Topic

God Origin of the universe The universe

Author

James Jeans

Source

The Mysterious Universe

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Jeans, James. The Mysterious Universe. Cambridge University Press/Macmillan, 1930, ch. 5.

It is a profoundly erroneous truism, repeated by all copy-books and by eminent people when they are making speeches, that we should cultivate the habit of thinking of what we are doing. The precise opposite is the case. Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them. Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle-they are strictly limited in number, they require fresh horses, and must only be made at decisive moments.

Alfred North Whitehead

An Introduction to Mathematics

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Topic

Nature of progress Progress Mindfulness

Author

Alfred North Whitehead

Source

An Introduction to Mathematics

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1911 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Whitehead, Alfred North. An Introduction to Mathematics. Henry Holt and Company/Williams and Norgate, 1911, ch. 5.

I do not believe there is any sort of distinction between the real moral conditions of the people in and out of jail. One is just as good as the other.... I do not believe that people are in jail because they deserve to be. They are in jail simply because they cannot avoid it on account of circumstances which are entirely beyond their control and for which they are in no way responsible.

Clarence S. Darrow

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Prison Moral theory

Speaker

Clarence S. Darrow

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1902 1900s 20th century

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Original Citation

Darrow, Clarence. "Crime and Criminals." 1902, Cook County Jail, Chicago, IL, USA.

Current Citation

Darrow, Clarence. "Crime and Criminals." Attorney for the Damned: Clarence Darrow in the Courtroom, edited by Arthur Weinberg. University of Chicago Press, 2012.

Is there not a casual connection between the development of these huge, indomitable trusts and the horrible crimes now under investigation?... Is it not irony to speak of the equality of opportunity in a country cursed with their bigness?

Louis Brandeis

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Big business Monopoly

Author

Louis Brandeis

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1911 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Brandeis, Louis D. Letter to Paul Kellogg. 19 Dec. 1911.

Loneliness is an aspect of the land. All things in the plain are isolate; there is no confusion of objects in the eye, but one hill or one tree or one man. To look upon that landscape in the early morning, with the sun at your back, is to lose the sense of proportion. Your imagination comes to life, and this, you think, is where Creation was begun.

N. Scott Momaday

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Topic

Landscape Nature

Author

N. Scott Momaday

Source

The Way to Rainy Mountain

Genre

Historical literature Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Momaday, Navarre Scott. The Way to Rainy Mountain. University of New Mexico Press, 1969, introduction. Originally appeared in The Reporter, 26 Jan. 1967.

This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks,
Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight,
Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Topic

The forest

Author

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Source

Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1847 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie. Boston: William D. Ticknor & Co., 1847, prologue.

Current Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Other Writings, edited by J. D. McClatchy. Library of America, 2000, prologue.

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!

Barry Goldwater

1964 Republican convention speech

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Topic

Defending freedom Threats to freedom Freedom Fighting for justice Justice

Speaker

Barry Goldwater

Source

1964 Republican convention speech Presidential convention speeches

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Goldwater, Barry. Acceptance speech. Republican National Convention. July 1964, Cow Palace, Daly City, CA, USA.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men.

Colossians 3:23

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Topic

Hard work

Source

Colossians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Colossians 3:23).

There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.

Frank Buchman

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Topic

Environmental destruction Natural resources Capitalism

Author

Frank Buchman

Source

Moral Re-Armament

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1938 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Buchman, Frank. "Moral Re-Armament." 29 May 1938, East Ham Town Hall, London, England, UK.

National Review... Stands athwart history, yelling Stop, at a time when no one is inclined to do so, or to have much patience with those who so urge it.

William F. Buckley, Jr

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Conservatism American politics

Author

William F. Buckley, Jr

Source

National Review

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Buckley, William F., Jr. "Our Mission Statement." National Review, 19 Nov. 1955.

It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.

Peter De Vries

The Mackerel Plaza

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Omnipotence of God Existence of God God and man

Author

Peter De Vries

Source

The Mackerel Plaza

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1958 1950s 20th century

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Citation

De Vries, Peter. The Mackerel Plaza. Little, Brown and Company, 1958, ch. 1.

Poetry is the expression, in human language restored to its essential rhythm, of the mysterious meaning of the aspects of existence: in this way it confers authenticity on our time on earth and constitutes the only spiritual task there is.

Stepháne Mallarmé

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Poetry

Author

Stepháne Mallarmé

Medium

Letter

Language

French

Time

1884 1880s 19th century

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Original Citation

Mallarme, Stephane. Letter to Leo d'Orfer. 27 June 1884.

Current Citation

Mallarme, Stephane. Selected Letters of Stéphane Mallarmé. University of Chicago Press, 1988.

And David danced before the Lord with all his might.

2nd Samuel 6:14

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Dancing

Source

2nd Samuel The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

722 BC 720s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (2nd Samuel 6:14).