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Klee, Paul. Quoted in Klee, written by Susanna Partsch. Taschen, 2015. Originally a diary entry, 16 Apr. 1914.

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Poincare, Henri. La science et l'hypothese [Science and Hypothesis]. Flammarion, 1902, ch. 9.

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Poincare, Henri. Science and Hypothesis: The Complete Text, translated by Melanie Frappier, Andrea Smith and David J. Stump, edited by Melanie Frappier and David J. Stump. Bloomsbury Academic, 2022, ch. 9.

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Kropotkin, Peter. Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution. McClure Phillips & Co./William Heinemann, 1902, ch. 1. Originally published in The Nineteenth Century, c. 1890.

Some people think football is a matter of life and death... I can assure them it is much more serious than that.

Bill Shankly

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Shankly, Bill. Guardian. 24 Dec. 1973.

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Mondrian, Piet. Sketchbook II. c. 1914.

The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each man to himself.

Edward Steichen

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Steichen, Edward. Speech in New York City. 90th Birthday Party c. 27 Mar. 1969, Plaza Hotel, New York City, NY, USA.

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Adams, Franklin P. Nods and Becks. Whittlesey House, 1944.

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MacMillan, Harold. Speech at the 50th anniversary of the Union Parliament. 3 Feb. 1960, Cape Colony Parliament, Capetown, South Africa, Africa.

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Trevelyan, George Macaulay. English Social History: A Survey of Six Centuries Chaucer to Queen Victoria. Longmans, Green and Company, 1942, ch. 18.

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Chesterton, G.K. "Charles II." Twelve Types: A Collection of Biographies. Arthur L. Humphreys, 1902.

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Rhys, Jean. Voyage in the Dark. Constable Press, 1934, pt. 1, ch. 4.

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Rhys, Jean. Voyage in the Dark. W. W. Norton & Company, 2020, pt. 1, ch. 4.

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Kuralt, Charles. "On the Road" The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite. CBS News Productions, c. 1980.

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Adler, Alfred. Problems of Nerosis. Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1930.

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Osler, William. Aphorisms from His Bedside Teachings and Writings. Henry Schuman, 1950.

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Raleigh, Walter Alexander. "Wishes of an Elderly Man, Wished at a Garden Party, June 1914." Laughter from a Cloud. Constable, 1923, I. 1.

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Raleigh, Walter Alexander. Wishes of an Elderly Man Wished at a Garden-Party, June 1914. Midsummer Press, 1983, I. 1.

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Haring, Keith. Journal entry. 7 July 1986.

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Beerbohm, Max. "Laughter." And Even Now. William Heinemann, 1920.

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Quine, Willard Van Orman. Theories and Things. Harvard University Press, 1981, ch. 23.

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Osler, William. Quoted in The Life of Sir William Osler, written by Harvey Cushing. Vol. 1, Clarendon Press, 1925, ch. 24.

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Reinhardt, Ad. "Twelve Rules for a New Academy." ARTnews, May 1957.