I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

Je souhairtais que toute vie humaine fut une pure liberte transparente.

Simone de Beauvoir

The Blood of Others

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Topic

Liberation

Author

Simone de Beauvoir

Source

The Blood of Others

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Wish

Language

French

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Feminist Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

De Beauvoir, Simone. Le Sang des autres [The Blood of Others]. Gallimard, 1945, ch. 5.

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Another quote from the 1940s

And were an epitaph to be my story
I'd have a short one ready for my own.
I would have written of me on my stone:
I have a lovers quarrel with the world.

Robert Frost

The Lesson for Today

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Topic
Man and the world

Author

Robert Frost
Source
The Lesson for Today
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1941 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Frost, Robert. Reading of The Lesson for Today at Harvard University. 20 June 1941, Phi Beta Kappa Society meeting, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Another quote from 1945

The enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to do damage is indeed incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. Should we continue to fight, it would not only result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilization. Such being the case, how are we to save the millions of our subjects, or to atone ourselves before the hallowed spirits of our imperial ancestors?... It is according to the dictate of time and fate that we have resolved to pave the way for a grand peace for all the generations to come by enduring the unavoidable and suffering what is insufferable.

Emperor Hirohito

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Topic
Nuclear weapons World War II
Speaker
Emperor Hirohito
Medium
Radio broadcast Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
Japanese
Time
1945 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Emperor Hirohito. The Jewel Voice. 15 Aug. 1945, Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan. Broadcast.

Another quote originally in French

Thought is only a gleam in the midst of a long night. But it is this gleam which is everything.

Henri Poincaré

The Value of Science

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Topic
Power of thought

Author

Henri Poincaré
Source
The Value of Science
Genre
Scientific literature
Language
French
Time
1905 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Poincare, Henri. Valeur de la Science [The Value of Science]. Flammarion, 1904, ch. 11.

Current Citation

Poincare, Henri. The Value of Science: Essential Writings of Henri Poincare, edited by Stephen Jay Gould. Random House Publishing Group, 2001.