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Updike, John. Rabbit at Rest. Alfred A. Knopf, 1990, ch. 3.

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Fogerty, John. "Who'll Stop the Rain." Performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival. Cosmo's Factory. Fantasy Records, 1970.

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Coming To America. Directed by John Landis, Eddie Murphy Productions, 1988.

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Herbert, George. "The Flower." The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations. Cambridge: University of Cambridge, 1633, st. 1.

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Herbert, George. "The Flower." The Complete Poetry, edited by John Drury and Victoria Moul. Penguin Classics, 2015, st. 1.

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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. 4.

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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. 4.

For love is but discovery:
When that is made, the pleasure's done.

Thomas Southerne

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Southerne, Thomas. Sir Anthony Love; Or, The Rambling Lady. Sept. 1690, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK.

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Southerne, Thomas. Sir Anthony Love; or, the Rambling Lady. British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011.

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Dickinson, Emily. "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" Poems by Emily Dickinson: Second Series. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1891, I. 1.

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Dickinson, Emily. "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them, edited by Cristanne Miller. Belknap Press, 2016, I. 1.

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Zoolander. Directed by Ben Stiller, Village Roadshow Productions/VH1 Films/NPV Entertinment/Red Hour Productions/Scott Rudin Productions, 2001.

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Cook, James. Diary entry. 30 Jan. 1774.

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Cook, James. The Journals of Captain Cook. Penguin Classics, 2000.

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Beckett, Samuel. Fin de partie. Directed by Roger Blin. Performed by Roger Blin, Jean Martin, Georges Adet, and Christine Tsingos. 3 Apr. 1957, Royal Court Theatre, London, England, UK.

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The First Wives Club. Directed by Hugh Wilson, Paramount Pictures, 1996.

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Chandler, Raymond. "The Simple Art of Murder." Saturday Review of Literature, 15 Apr. 1950, introduction.

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Wilson, James Q. "The Rediscovery of Character: Private Virtue and Public Policy." The Public Interest, no. 81, Fall 1985.

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Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. "The Souls of White Folk." Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil. Harcourt, Brace And Howe, 1920.

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Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. "The Souls of White Folk." Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil, edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Oxford University Press, 2014.

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Dirty Harry. Directed by Don Siegel, The Malpaso Company, 1971.

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Adams, John. Letter to Thomas Jefferson. 13 Nov. 1813.

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Adams, John. "1815: Adams to Jefferson: Quincy, November 13." The Adams-Jefferson Letters, edited by Lester J. Cappon. University of North Carolina Press, 1988.

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Forrest Gump. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, The Tisch Company, 1994.

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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 31 Mar. 1772.

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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.

Jonas Salk

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Salk, Jonas. On receiving Congressional Medal for Distinguished Civilian Achievement. 23 Apr. 1956, Washington, DC, USA.

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Bentham, Jeremy. Publicity in the Courts of Justice. 1843.