Great God! this is an awful place.

Robert Falcon Scott

On the South Pole.

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Topic

Antarctica

Author

Robert Falcon Scott

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1912 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Explorer Soldier

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Scott, Robert Falcon. Diary entry. 17 Jan. 1912.

Current Citation

Scott, Robert Falcon. "Wednesday, January 17 [1912]." Scott's Last Expedition. Oxford University Press, 2005.

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In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination.

Mark Twain

The Autobiography of Mark Twain

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Topic
Beliefs

Author

Mark Twain
Source
The Autobiography of Mark Twain
Medium
Autobiography and memoir
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
English
Time
1910 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Twain, Mark. The Autobiography of Mark Twain. Harper & Row, 1959, ch. 78.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark. Autobiography of Mark Twain, edited by Harriet E. Smith, Benjamin Griffin, Victor Fischer, Michael Barry Frank, Amanda Gagel, Sharon K. Goetz, Leslie Diane Myrick, and Christopher M. Ohge. Vol. 3, University of California Press, 2015, ch. 78.