What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.

Wendell Phillips

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Topic

Printing press Technological progress Progress

Speaker

Wendell Phillips

Source

Public Opinion on The Abolition Question

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1864 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Abolitionist Activist

From

United States

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Citation

Phillips, Wendell. Speech in Boston. Massachusetts Antislavery Society meeting. 28 Jan. 1852, The Melodeon, Boston, MA, USA.

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Time
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Original Citation

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Current Citation

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Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight.

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Statement Type
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Time
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Another quote from 1864

Man is everywhere a disturbing agent. Wherever he plants his foot, the harmonies of nature are turned to discords.

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Topic
Man and nature Environmental destruction

Author

George Perkins Marsh
Source
Man and Nature
Language
English
Time
1864 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Marsh, George Perkins. Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action. New York: Charles Scribner, 1864, ch. 1.

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Marsh, George Perkins. Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action. Dover Publications, 2021, ch. 1.