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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "A Psalm of Life." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Other Writings, edited by J. D. McClatchy. Library of America, 2000, I. 21.

Milton, John. "A Masque...Presented at Ludlow Castle ['Comus']." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, line 122.

Wilde, Oscar. "The Devoted Friend." Oscar Wilde: Complete Short Fiction, edited by Ian Small. Penguin Classics, 2003.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin, edited by Elizabeth Ammons. W. W. Norton & Company, 2017, ch. 33.

Washington, George. "First Inaugral Address, April 30, 1789." George Washington: Writings, edited by John Rhodehamel. Library of America, 1997.

Lincoln, Abraham. "First Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Ottawa, Illinois, August 21, 1858." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

The Constitution of the United States. The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence. Written by Delegates of The Constitutional Convention. Racehorse, 2016, amend. 14.

Webster, John. "The Duchess of Malfi." The Duchess of Malfi, The White Devil, The Broken Heart and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, edited by Jane Kingsley-Smith. Penguin Classics, 2015, act 4, sc. 2.

Hooker, Richard. Quoted in A Dictionary of the English Language: An Anthology, by Samuel Johnson. Penguin Classics, 2007, preface.