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Rock, Chris. Bigger & Blacker. HBO, 10 July 1999.

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Orwell, George. "Extracts from a Manuscript Note-book." The Collected Essays, Journalism And Letters Of George Orwell, vol. 4: In Front of Your Nose 1943-1945, edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus. David R. Godine, 2004, no. 167. Originally written in his diary, 17 Apr. 1949.

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Shakespeare, William. The Merry Wives of Windsor. London: Arthur Johnson, 1602, act 1, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Merry Wives of Windsor." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 1.

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Hamilton, Alexander [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 70: The Executive Department Further Considered." New York Packet, 18 Mar. 1788.

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Hamilton, Alexander. "No. 70: Energy in the executive. First ingredient: Unity.--Hamilton." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

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Blackstone, William. Commentaries on the Laws of England: Book the First. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1765, introduction, sec. 2.

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Blackstone, William. Commentaries on the Laws of England: Book I Of the Rights of Persons, edited by David Lemmings. Oxford University Press, 2016, introduction, sec. 2.

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The Godfather Part II. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Paramount Pictures Studios/American Zoetrope/Coppola Company, 1974.

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Locke, John. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. London: Thomas Basset, 1690, bk. 4, ch. 19, sect. 11.

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Locke, John. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, edited by Pauline Phemister. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 4, ch. 19, sect. 11.

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Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to William Roscoe. 27 Dec. 1820.

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Jefferson, Thomas. "William Roscoe, Dec. 27, 1820." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.

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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 5, 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 5, sc. 1.

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Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that Which is to Come. London: Nathaniel Ponder, 1678, pt. 2.

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Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim's Progress, edited by Roger Pooley. Penguin Classics, 2009, pt. 2.

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Dawkins, Richard. The Blind Watchmaker. Norton & Company, 1986, ch. 11.

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "The Rich Boy." Redbook, Jan. - Feb. 1926.

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "The Rich Boy." F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby, All the Sad Young Men & Other Writings 1920-1926, edited by James L. W. West, III. Library of America, 2022.

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Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. "To the Nations of the World." Pan-African Conference. 25 July 1900, London, England, UK. Address.

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The Dark Knight. Directed by Christopher Nolan, Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures/Syncopy, 2008.

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The Natural. Directed by Barry Levinson, Delphi II Productions, 1984.

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Adams, John. Letter to Horatio Gates. 23 Mar. 1776.

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“From John Adams to Horatio Gates, 23 March 1776,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-04-02-0023.

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The Dark Knight. Directed by Christopher Nolan, Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures/Syncopy, 2008.

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Directed by Ang Lee, Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia/Good Machine International/Edko Films/Zoom Hunt Productions/China Film Co-production Corp./Asia Union Film & Entertainment, 2000.

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Blake, William. "The Argument." The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. c. 1790.

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Blake, William. "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David V. Erdman. University of California Press, 2008.

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Swift, Jonathan. Letter to a Young Clergyman Lately Entered into Holy Orders. 9 Jan. 1720.

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Swift, Jonathan. "Letter to a Young Clergyman Lately Entered into Holy Orders (1720)." A Modest Proposal and Other Writings, edited by Carole Fabricant. Penguin, 2009.