You never reach the promised land. You can march towards it.

James Callaghan

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Topic

Political progress Progress

Speaker

James Callaghan

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1976 1970s 20th century

Occupation

National leader Politician

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Callaghan, James. Speech at a Labour Party Conference. Labour Party Conference. 28 Sept. 1976, Blackpool, England, UK.

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We gotta get out while we're young
'Cause tramps like us, baby, we were born to run.

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Topic
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Speaker
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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
1975 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The House of the Seven Gables

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Topic
Theory of progress Progress

Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne
Source
The House of the Seven Gables
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1851 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The House of the Seven Gables: A Romance. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851, ch. 20.

Current Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The House of the Seven Gables, edited by Robert S. Levine. W. W. Norton & Company, 2020, ch. 20.