Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life-blood of real civilization.

G.M. Trevelyan

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Curiosity Progress

Author

G.M. Trevelyan

Source

English Social History

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Historian Academic Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Trevelyan, George Macaulay. English Social History: A Survey of Six Centuries Chaucer to Queen Victoria. Longmans, Green and Company, 1942, introduction.

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The happy ending is our national belief.

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America the Beautiful

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Topic
American culture

Author

Mary McCarthy
Source
America the Beautiful Commentary Magazine
Medium
Essay Magazine
Language
English
Time
1947 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

McCarthy, Mary. "America the Beautiful: The Humanist in the Bathtub." Commentary Magazine, Sept. 1947.

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We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.

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Civil rights Moral progress Progress Justice
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Source
Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution
Medium
Sermon
Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1968 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution." 31 Mar. 1968, National Cathedral, Washington, DC, USA. Sermon.

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I'm dreaming of a white Christmas,
Just like the ones I used to know,
Where the treetops glisten
And children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow.

Bing Crosby

White Christmas

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Christmas
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Irving Berlin
Source
White Christmas
Medium
Song
Genre
Great American songbook
Language
English
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

"White Christmas." Holiday Inn. Directed by Mark Sandrich, performed by Bing Crosby, Paramount Pictures, 1942.