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Donne, John. "Sonnet X." Songs and Sonnets. London, 1633, I. 13.

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Donne, John. "Holy Sonnet X." Selected Poems. Penguin Classics, 2007, I. 13.

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Truman, Harry S. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1949, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Huxley, Thomas Henry. "Biogenesis and Abiogenesis." British Association for the Advancement of Science meeting. 1870, London, England, UK.

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O. Henry. "The Octopus Marooned." The Gentle Grafter. The McClure Company, 1908.

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Shaw, George Bernard. "Candida." 30 Mar. 1894, Theatre Royal, South Shields, London, England, UK, act 1.

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Shaw, George Bernard. Candida. Penguin Classics, 2006, act 1.

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Bacon, Francis. "Of Studies." Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall. London: John Haviland, 1625.

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Bacon, Francis. "Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625): Of Studies." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Black Hawk Down. Directed by Ridley Scott, Scott Free Productions/Revolution Studios/Columbia Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films, 2001.

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Didion, Joan. Blue Nights. Alfred A. Knopf, 2011, ch. 2.

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Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. "The Forgotten Man Speech." 7 April 1932, Albany, NY, USA.

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Maugham, William Somerset. Of Human Bondage. George H. Doran Company, 1915, ch. 39.

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Maugham, William Somerset. Of Human Bondage. Signet, 2007, ch. 39.

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Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. On the Recession. Fireside chat. 14 Apr. 1938, Diplomatic Reception Room, The White House, Washington, DC, USA.

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Harrison, William Henry. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1841, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Be England what she will,
With all her faults she is my country still.

Charles Churchill

The Farewell

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Churchill, Charles. The Farewell. London: W. Flexney, 1764, I. 27.

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Congreve, William. The Old Bachelor. United Company, 1693, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 7.

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Congreve, William. "The Old Bachelor." The Way of the World and Other Plays, edited by Eric S. Rump. Penguin Classics, 2006, act 4, sc. 7.

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. Biographia Literaria, edited by Niger Leask. Vol. 2, London: J. M. Dent, 1817, ch. 15.

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "Biographia Literaria." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works, edited by H. J. Jackson. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 15.

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Stanhope, Philip Dormer. Letter to his son. 16 Oct. 1747.

But you know that when the truth is told, that you can get what you want, or you can just get old.

Billy Joel

Vienna

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Joel, Billy. "Vienna." The Stranger. Columbia Records, 1977.

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Eisenhower, Dwight D. "Second Inaugural Address." 21 Jan. 1957, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Morris, William. "The Defence of Guenevere." The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems. London: Bell & Daldy, 1858.