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The United States must be neutral in fact as well as in name.

Woodrow Wilson

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World War I Foreign policy

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Woodrow Wilson

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Speech

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Political speech

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English

Time

1914 1910s 20th century

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Wilson, Woodrow. An address on neutrality. US Senate meeting. 19 Aug. 1914, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Wilson, Woodrow. "An Appeal for Neutrality in World War I." Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-President, edited by Mario R. DiNunzio. NYU Press, 2006.

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Modern life is both complex and intense, and the tremendous changes wrought by the extraordinary industrial development of the last half century are felt in every fiber of our social and political being.

Theodore Roosevelt

Second Inaugural Address of Theodore Roosevelt

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Modern life Economic development Change

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Theodore Roosevelt

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Second Inaugural Address of Theodore Roosevelt Presidential inaugural address

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English

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1905 1900s 20th century

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Roosevelt, Theodore. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1905, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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The country is governed for the richest, for the corporations, the bankers, the land speculators, and for the exploiters of labour.

Helen Keller

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Political corruption Class conflict Politics

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Helen Keller

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Letters of Helen Keller

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Letter

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English

Time

1911 1910s 20th century

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Keller, Helen. Helen Keller: Selected Writings, edited by Kim E. Nielsen. New York University Press, 2005, pt. 2, ch. 16. Originally from Letter to an English-Woman-Suffragist published in The Manchester (England) Advertiser, 3 Mar. 1911.

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And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

Genesis 28:12

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Angels

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Genesis The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

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Hebrew

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1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 28:12).

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If a warrior is not unattached to life and death, he will be of no use whatsoever.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

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Martial courage Courage War

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Yamamoto Tsunetomo

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Hagakure

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Philosophical literature Religious literature

Language

Japanese

Time

1716 1710s 18th century

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Yamamoto, Tsunemomo. 葉隠 [Hagakure]. c. 1716.

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What do we perceive besides our own ideas or sensations?

George Berkeley

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Perception Nature of reality

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George Berkeley

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Of the Principles of Human Knowledge

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Treatise

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Philosophical literature

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English

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1710 1710s 18th century

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Berkeley, George. A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge. Dublin: Jeremy Pepat, 1710, sect. 4.

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Berkeley, George. A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, edited by Kenneth P. Winkler. Hackett Publishing Company, 1982, sect. 4.

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Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people’s hats off—then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.

Herman Melville

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

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Ocean and sea Sailing Cure for depression Depression

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Herman Melville

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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

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Novel

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Metaphor, analogy and simile

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English

Time

1851 1850s 19th century

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Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. London: Richard Bentley/New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851, ch. 1.

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Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick or, The Whale. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 1.

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More men are killed by overwork than the importance of this world justifies.

Rudyard Kipling

The Phantom Rickshaw

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Working too much Work-life balance Work

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Dr. Heatherlegh

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Rudyard Kipling

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The Phantom Rickshaw

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1888 1880s 19th century

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Kipling, Rudyard. "The Phantom 'Rickshaw." The Phantom 'Rickshaw & other Eerie Tales. Prayagraj: A. H. Wheeler & Co., 1888.

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Kipling, Rudyard. "The Phantom 'Rickshaw." The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories. Dover Publications, 2013.

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Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt, loyal criticism will have beneficial effects.

Sima Qian

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Openness to criticism Criticism Personal growth

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Sima Qian

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Records of the Grand Historian

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Historical literature

Language

Chinese

Time

109 BC 100s BC 2nd century BC

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Suma Quin. Written sometime around c. 110 BC.

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Suma Qian. Records of the Grand Historian of China, translated by Burton Watson. Vol. 2, Columbia University Press, 1961, ch. 118.

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I never feel spiritual anywhere except in the presence of my own stories.

Sherman Alexie

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Spirituality Stories

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Sherman Alexie

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Crossroads: The Journal of the Poetry Society of America

Medium

Interview

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English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

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Alexie, Sherman. Interviewed by Diane Thiel. Crossroads: The Journal of the Poetry Society of America, Spring 2004.

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It is the Folly of too many, to mistake the Eccho of a London Coffee-house for the Voice of the Kingdom.

Jonathan Swift

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Public opinion

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Jonathan Swift

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The Conduct of the Allies

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Essay

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English

Time

1711 1710s 18th century

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Swift, Jonathan. The Conduct of the Allies and of the Late Ministry in Beginning and Carrying on the Present War. London: John Morphew, 1711.

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Swift, Jonathan. "The Conduct of the Allies and of the Late Ministry in Beginning and Carrying on the Present War." Jonathan Swift: Major Works, edited by Angus Ross and David Woolley. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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A great step towards independence is a good humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.

Seneca the Younger

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Adaptability

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Seneca the Younger

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Epistles (Seneca the Younger)

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Letter

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Latin

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65 60s 1st century

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Classical antiquity

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Seneca the Younger. Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium [Moral Letters to Lucilius]. c. 65 AD.

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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Letters on Ethics, translated by Margaret Graver and A. A. Long. University of Chicago Press, 2017.

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O for a Life of Sensations rather than of Thoughts!

John Keats

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Experiencing things

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John Keats

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Letter

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English

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1817 1810s 19th century

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Keats, John. Letter to Benjamin Bailey. 22 Nov. 1817.

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Keats, John. "Benjamin Bailey 22 November 1817." John Keats: Selected Letters, edited by John Barnard. Penguin Classics, 2015.

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We have heard it said that five per cent is the natural interest of money.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Finance Money

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Southey's Colloquies Edinburgh Review

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Essay Magazine

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English

Time

1830 1830s 19th century

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Macaulay, Thomas Babington. "Southey's Colloquies." Edinburgh Review, Jan. 1830.

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And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.

2nd Samuel 6:5

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2nd Samuel The Bible

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Religious literature

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Hebrew

Time

722 BC 720s BC 8th century BC

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Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (2nd Samuel 6:5).

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Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

James Baldwin

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Fighting for justice Political courage Courage Progress Politics

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James Baldwin

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As Much Truth As One Can Bear The New York Times

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Essay Newspaper

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English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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Baldwin, James. "As Much Truth As One Can Bear." The New York Times, 14 Jan. 1962.

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All that most maddens and torments; all that stirs up the lees of things; all truth with malice in it; all that cracks the sinews and cakes the brain; all the subtle demonisms of life and thought; all evil, to crazy Ahab, were visibly personified, and made practically assailable in Moby-Dick.

Herman Melville

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

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Archnemesis

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Herman Melville

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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

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Novel

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English

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1851 1850s 19th century

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Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. London: Richard Bentley/New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851, ch. 41.

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Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick or, The Whale. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 41.

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Righteous women are therefore obedient, guarding the secret for God's guarding. And those you fear may be rebellious, admonish; banish them to their couches, and beat them.

Muhammad

The Quran

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Oppression of women Women

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Muhammad

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The Quran

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Scripture

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Religious literature

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Arabic

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632 630s 7th century

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The Quran. c. 630, 4:34.

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The Quran, translated by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem. Oxford University Press, 2005, ch. 4.

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There is nothing in our material world more beautiful than the book.

Patti Smith

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Books

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Patti Smith

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National Book Award for Patti Smith

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Award acceptance speech Speech

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English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Smith, Patti. Quoted in National Book Award for Patti Smith, written by Julie Bosman. New York Times, 17 Nov. 2010, www.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/books/18awards.html

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Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.

Mark Twain

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Dark side of human nature Human nature Man and animals

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Mark Twain

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The Lowest Animal Letters from the Earth

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Essay

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Philosophical literature

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English

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1910 1910s 20th century

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Twain, Mark. "The Lowest Animal." Letters from the Earth. Harper & Row, 1962.

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Twain, Mark. "The Lowest Animal." Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings, edited by Bernard DeVoto. Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2004.

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