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Adams, Henry. The Education of Henry Adams. 1907, ch. 10.

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Adams, Henry. "The Education of Henry Adams." Henry Adams: Democracy, Esther, Mont Saint Michel and Chartres, The Education of Henry Adams, edited by Ernest Samuels and Jayne Samuels. Library of America, 1983, ch. 10.

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Suzuki, Shunryu. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. Weatherhill, 1970. Originally a talk given at his Zen center in c. 1969, Los Altos, CA, USA.

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Babel, Isaac. Quoted in "Hide and Seek: The Complete Isaac Babel." Written by John Updike. The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2001.

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Wałęsa, Lech. Acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize. 11 Dec. 1983, Norweigen Nobel Institute, Oslo, Norway.

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Russell, Bertrand. "No Funk, No Frivolity, No Fanaticism." New York Times, 6 May 1951, sec. SM, p. 4.

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Russell, Bertrand. The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell. Vol. 26. Routledge, 2020, pt. 1.

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The Great Escape. Directed by John Sturges, The Mirisch Company, 1963.

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Updike, John. "Notes of a Temporary Resident." The Listener. c. 1969.

I was told that desire for learning in women was against the will of God.

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Butts, Mary. The Crystal Cabinet: My Childhood at Salterns. London: Metheun & Co., 1937.

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Einstein, Albert. "On Intellectual Freedom, 18 November 1954." Einstein on Politics, edited by David E. Rowe and Robert Schulmann. Princeton University Press, 2007, ch. 10. Originally from Letter to the editor published in The Reporter, 18 Nov. 1954.

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Rushdie, Salman. "Is Nothing Sacred?" Presented by Harold Pinter. 6 Feb. 1990, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England, UK. Lecture.

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Adams, Henry. The Education of Henry Adams. 1907, ch. 25.

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Adams, Henry. "The Education of Henry Adams." Henry Adams: Democracy, Esther, Mont Saint Michel and Chartres, The Education of Henry Adams, edited by Ernest Samuels and Jayne Samuels. Library of America, 1983, ch. 25.

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Suzuki, Shunryu. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. Weatherhill, 1970. Originally a talk given at his Zen center in c. 1969, Los Altos, CA, USA.

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Brittain, Vera. The Rebel Passion. Fellowship Publications/Allen & Unwin, 1964.

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Buffett, Warren. Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders. c. 1989.

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Heidegger, Martin. Vorträge und Aufsätze. Garland Publishing, 1954.

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Heidegger, Martin. "The Question Concerning Technology." The Question Concerning Technology and Other Essays. Harper Perennial, 2013.

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Wright, Orville. "Orville Wright to George A. Spratt, Dayton, Ohio, June 7, 1908." Miracle at Kitty Hawk: The Letters of Wilbur and Orville Wright, edited by Fred. C. Kelly. Da Capo Press, 2002. Originally a letter to George A. Spratt. 7 June 1908.

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Chesterton, G.K. "Orthodoxy." The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton. Vol. 1, Ignatius Press, 1986, ch. 4. Originally published by John Lane Co., 1908.

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Keynes, John Maynard. The Economic Consequences of the Peace. Self-published, 1919, ch. 6.

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Keynes, John Maynard. "The Economic Consequences of the Peace." The Essential Keynes, edited by Robert Skidelsky. Penguin, 2016, ch. 6.

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Didion, Joan. "The White Album." The White Album. Simon & Schuster, 1979.