Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go.

James Cook

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Topic

Adventure Wanderlust

Author

James Cook

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1774 1770s 18th century

Occupation

Explorer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Cook, James. Diary entry. 30 Jan. 1774.

Current Citation

Cook, James. The Journals of Captain Cook. Penguin Classics, 2000.

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A lawyer has no business with the justice or injustice of the cause which he undertakes, unless his client asks his opinion, and then he is bound to give it honestly. The justice or injustice of the cause is to be decided by the judge.

Samuel Johnson

Quoted in The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, by James Boswell

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Topic
Lawyers Legal theory
Speaker
Samuel Johnson

Author

James Boswell
Source
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
Genre
Travel writing
Language
English
Time
1773 1770s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 15 Aug. 1773.

Current Citation

Johnson, Samuel and James Boswell. "The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides." A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, edited by Jack Lynch and Celia Barnes. Oxford University Press, 2021.