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Locke, John. Some Thoughts Concerning Education. London: A. and J. Churchill, 1693, sect. 46.

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Locke, John. "Some Thoughts Concerning Education." Some Thoughts Concerning Education and of the Conduct of the Understanding, edited by Ruth W. Grant and Nathan Tarcov. Hackett Publishing Company, 1996, sect. 46.

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Sontag, Susan "Against Interpretation." Against Interpretation. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966.

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Blake, William. "Proverbs of Hell." 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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Blake, William. "The Lamb." Songs of Innocence. London, 1789.

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Blake, William. "The Lamb." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

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Shakespeare, William. Henry IV, Part 2. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, c. 1597, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Second Part of Henry the Fourth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 1.

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Stoppard, Tom. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. 24 Aug. 1966, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh, Scotland, act 2.

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Stoppard, Tom. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Grove Press, 2017, act 2.

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Directed by Frank Capra, Columbia Pictures, 1939.

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Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Andrew Johnston. 18 Apr. 1846.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "To Andrew Johnston, April 18, 1846." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 3, sc. 2.

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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 2.

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Wall Street. Directed by Oliver Stone, American Entertainment Partners/American Films, 1987.

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Hot Shots. Directed by Jim Abrahams, 20th Century Fox, 1991.

The number of casualties will be more than any of us can bear.

Rudy Giuliani

Said in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

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Giuliani, Rudolph. On the aftermath of the terrorist attacks. 11 Sept. 2001, New York, NY, USA.

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Conrad, Joseph. The Nigger of the "Narcissus": A Tale of the Forecastle. London: Heinemann, 1897, preface.

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Conrad, Joseph. "The Nigger of the '"Narcissus.'" The Secret Sharer and Other Stories. W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, preface.

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Maugham, William Somerset. Of Human Bondage. George H. Doran Company, 1915, ch. 50.

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Maugham, William Somerset. Of Human Bondage. Signet, 2007, ch. 50.

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Burns, Robert. Man was made to Mourn: A Dirge. 1784, st. 11.

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Burns, Robert. "Man Was Made to Mourn. A Dirge." Robert Burns: Selected Poems, edited Carol Mcguirk. Penguin Classics, 1994, I. 11.

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Einstein, Albert. The Observer. 15 Jan. 1950.

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Pollock, Jackson. Interviewed by Selden Rodman. c. 1956.

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Bloodsport. Directed by Newt Arnold, Cannon Films, 1988.

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Jackson, Andrew. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1833, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.