For say a foolish thing enough…
... The same thing
Shall pass at last for absolutely wise,
And not with fools exclusively.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Topic

Disinformation Foolishness Fools

Author

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Source

Aurora Leigh

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1856 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. Aurora Leigh. London: Chapman & Hall, 1857, bk. 6.

Current Citation

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. Aurora Leigh. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 6.

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What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham.

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Topic
Independence Day
Speaker
Frederick Douglass
Source
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1852 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Douglass, Frederick. "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Independence Day Celebration. 5 July 1852, Corinthian Hall, Rochester, NY, USA.

Current Citation

Douglass, Frederick. "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Frederick Douglass: Speeches & Writings, edited by David W. Blight. Library of America, 2022.