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Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 10: The Same Subject Continued: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection." Daily Advertiser, 22 Nov. 1787.

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Madison, James. "No. 10: An extensive republic a remedy for mischiefs of faction.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

Art has always been the raft on to which we climb to save our sanity.

Dorothea Tanning

Quoted in Salon

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Tanning, Dorothea. Interviewed by John Glassing. Salon, 11 Feb. 2002, https://www.salon.com/2002/02/11/tanning/.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis. "El Dorado." Virginibus Puerisque, and Other Papers. London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1881.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis. "El Dorado." Essays I: Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers, edited by Robert-Louis Abrahamson. Edinburgh University Press, 2018.

I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused.

Graham Greene

The Quiet American

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Greene, Graham. The Quiet American. William Heinemann, 1955, ch. 4, sec. 2.

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"The Summer Man." Mad Men, written by Matthew Weiner and Lisa Albert and Janet Leahy, directed by Phil Abraham, season 4, episode 8, Lionsgate Television and American Movie Classics and Weiner Bros., 2010.

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Life of Pi. Directed by Ang Lee, Haishang Films/Dune Entertainment/Gil Netter, 2012.

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In the Heat of the Night. Directed by Norman Jewison. The Mirisch Corporation, 1967.

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Adams, John Quincy. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1825, House Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Horace Greeley. 22 Aug. 1862.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "To Horace Greeley, August 22 1862." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 10: The Same Subject Continued: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection." Daily Advertiser, 22 Nov. 1787.

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Madison, James. "No. 10: An extensive republic a remedy for mischiefs of faction.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

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Burke, Edmund. A Letter to John Farr and John Harris, Esqs., Sheriffs of the City of Bristol, on the Affairs of America. London: J. Dodsley, 3 Apr. 1777.

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Burke, Edmund. "A Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol on the Affairs of America." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

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Office Space. Directed by Mike Judge, Judgemental Films, 1999.

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Washington, George. Address to officers of the Army. 15 Mar. 1783, Newburgh, NY, USA.

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Washington, George. "Speech to officers of the army, March 15, 1783." George Washington: Writings, edited by John H. Rhodehamel. Library of America, 1997.

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Burke, Edmund. Reflections on the Revolution in France. London: James Dodsley, 1790.

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Burke, Edmund. "Reflections on the Revolution in France." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

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Lincoln, Abraham. Speech in Illinois. 11 Sept. 1858, Edwardsville, IL, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "From Portion of Speech at Edwardsville, Illinois, September 11, 1858." Lincoln's Selected Writings, edited by David S. Reynolds. W. W. Norton & Company, 2016.

Architecture aims at Eternity.

Christopher Wren

On Architecture

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Wren, Christopher. "On Architecture." Parentalia; or, Memoirs of the Family of the Wrens. London: Thomas Osborn, 1750, appendix, tract 1.

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Interstellar. Directed by Christopher Nolan, Legendary Pictures/Syncopy/Lynda Obst Productions, 2014.

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Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. "The Solitude of Self." Congress meeting. 18 Jan. 1892, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. The Solitude of Self. Paris Press, 2000.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Two Gentlemen of Verona." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 1, sc. 3.

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

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The Graduate. Directed by Mike Nichols, Lawrence Truman Productions, 1967.