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All our power lies in both mind and body; we employ the mind to rule, the body rather to serve; the one we have in common with the Gods, the other with the brutes.

Sallust

The War of Catiline

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Mind and body God and man Man and animals

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Sallust

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The War of Catiline

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Latin

Time

42 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Sallust. Bellum Catilinae [War of Catiline]. c. 43–40 BC.

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Sallust. "The War with Catiline." The War with Catiline and The War with Jugurtha, translated by John T. Ramsey J. C. Rolfe. Harvard University Press, 2013.

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For Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.

Isaac Watts

Against Idleness and Mischief

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Idleness

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Isaac Watts

Source

Against Idleness and Mischief

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1715 1710s 18th century

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Watts, Isaac. "Against Idleness and Mischief." Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children. London: M. Lawrence, 1715, I. 11.

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If revolution insists upon overturning established order, let other peoples make the tragic experiment. There is no place for it in America.

Warren G. Harding

Inaugural Address of Warren G. Harding

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Revolutionary politics Revolution

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Warren G. Harding

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Inaugural Address of Warren G. Harding Presidential inaugural address

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Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1921 1920s 20th century

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Harding, William G. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1921, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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What's past is prologue.

William Shakespeare

The Tempest

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Past as prologue Past and future The past

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Antonio

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

The Tempest

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. "The Tempest." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 2, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Tempest." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 1.

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The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell.

Bertrand Russell

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Hell Cruelty

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Bertrand Russell

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On the Value of Skepticism Sceptical Essays

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Essay

Language

English

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

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Russell, Bertrand. "On the Value of Skepticism." Sceptical Essays. George Allen and Unwin Ltd./W. W. Norton & Company, 1928.

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Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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Connecting with others Nature of love Love

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Rainer Maria Rilke

Source

Letters to a Young Poet

Medium

Letter

Language

German

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

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Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letter to Franz Kappus. 14 May 1904.

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

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Executions, far from being useful examples to the survivors, have, I am persuaded, a quite contrary effect, by hardening the heart they ought to terrify. Besides the fear of an ignominious death, I believe, never deterred anyone from the commission of a crime, because, in committing it, the mind is roused to activity about present circumstances.

Mary Wollstonecraft

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Capital punishment Deterrence (theory of punishment)

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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Letter

Language

English

Time

1796 1790s 18th century

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Wollstonecraft, Mary. Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. London: Joseph Johnson, 1796, letter 19.

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Wollstonecraft, Mary. Letters written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, edited by Tone Brekke and Jon Mee. Oxford University Press, 2009, letter 19.

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Be just before you're generous.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

The School for Scandal

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Fairness Generosity

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Charles Surface

Author

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Source

The School for Scandal

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play) Comedy of manners Comedy

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1777 1770s 18th century

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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. The School for Scandal. Performed by John Palmer, Frances Abington, William 'Gentleman' Smith, and Jane Pope. 1777, Drury Lane Theatre, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1.

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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. The School for Scandal. Dover Publications, 1991, act 4, sc. 1.

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Metaphysicians and politicians may dispute forever, but they will never find any other moral principle or foundation of rule or obedience, than the consent of governors and governed.

John Adams

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Political theory

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John Adams

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To the Inhabitants of the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay Boston Gazette

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Essay Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1775 1770s 18th century

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Adams, John, [published as Novanglus]. "To the Inhabitants of the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay." Boston Gazette, 6 Mar. 1775.

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Adams, John. "Novanglus No. VII, March 6, 1775." John Adams: Revolutionary Writings 1755-1775, edited by Gordon S. Wood. Library of America, 2011.

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Without him
The world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere
The streets are full of strangers.

Les Miserables

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Missing someone Broken heart

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Eponine

Actor

Samantha Barks

Source

On My Own Les Miserables

Medium

Song Film

Genre

Musical (film) Epic (film) Musical Epic

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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"On My Own." Les Misérables. Directed by Tom Hooper, performed by Samantha Barnes, Cameron Mackintosh Ltd/Working Title Films, 2012.

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It takes all sorts to make a world.

Douglas Jerrold

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Human diversity

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Douglas Jerrold

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English

Time

1844 1840s 19th century

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Jerrold, Douglas. The Story of a Feather. London: Punch Office, 1844, ch. 28.

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The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker. This honor now beckons America—the chance to help lead the world at last out of the valley of turmoil, and onto that high ground of peace that man has dreamed of since the dawn of civilization.

Richard Nixon

First Inaugural Address of Richard Nixon

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Peace

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Richard Nixon

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First Inaugural Address of Richard Nixon Presidential inaugural address

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Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

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Nixon, Richard. "First Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1969, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses. For art establishes the basic human truth which must serve as the touchstone of our judgment.

John F. Kennedy

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Poetry Power of art

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John F. Kennedy

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Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

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Kennedy, John F. Address at Amherst College. 26 Oct. 1963, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, USA.

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What is now called the nature of women is an eminently artificial thing—the result of forced repression in some directions, unnatural stimulation in others.

John Stuart Mill

The Subjection of Women

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Nature of women Oppression of women

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John Stuart Mill

Source

The Subjection of Women

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1869 1860s 19th century

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Mill, John Stuart. The Subjection of Women. London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869, ch. 1.

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Mill, John Stuart. "The Subjection of Women." On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, edited by Mark Philp and Frederick Rosen. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 1.

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

John Maynard Keynes

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History of ideas Education as liberation History Education

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John Maynard Keynes

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The End of Laissez-faire

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Essay

Genre

Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

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

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

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Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe-
Sailed on a river of crystal light,
Into a sea of dew.

Eugene Field

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Wynken, Blynken, and Nod

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Sleep Adventure

Author

Eugene Field

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Wynken, Blynken, and Nod

Medium

Poem

Genre

Children's literature

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1889 1880s 19th century

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Field, Eugene. Dutch Lullaby. 1889, I. 1.

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Field, Eugene. Wynken, Blynken, & Nod. North-South Books, 1998, I. 1.

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Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Samuel Johnson

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Curiosity

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Samuel Johnson

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The Rambler

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English

Time

1751 1750s 18th century

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Johnson, Samuel. The Rambler. London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 12 Mar. 1751.

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God, it sucks up here.

Armageddon

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Space

Speaker

Max Lennert

Actor

Ken Husdon Campbell

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Armageddon

Medium

Film

Genre

Disaster (film) Science fiction (film) Disaster Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

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Armageddon. Directed by Michael Bay, Touchstone Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films/Valhalla Motion Pictures, 1998.

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A great deal of my poetry has been written while I have been out walking.

Wallace Stevens

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Walking and creativity Walking Creativity

Author

Wallace Stevens

Source

Letters of Wallace Stevens

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

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Stevens, Wallace. Letter to Irita Van Doren. 20 Sept. 1954.

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There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.

T.H. Huxley

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Learning from mistakes Failure

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T.H. Huxley

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On Medical Education

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1870 1870s 19th century

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Huxley, Thomas Henry. "On Medical Education." 1870, University College London, London, England, UK.

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Huxley, Thomas Henry. "On Medical Education." Collected Essays. Vol. 3, Cambridge University Press, 2011.

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