This is a beautiful country.

John Brown

John Brown's last words before his execution.

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Topic

America

Speaker

John Brown

Statement Type

Last words

Language

English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Abolitionist Activist

From

United States

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Brown, John. Last written words. 2 Dec. 1859.

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We shouldn't maltreat our idols: the gilt comes off on our hands.

Gustave Flaubert

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Topic
Idols

Author

Gustave Flaubert
Source
Madame Bovary
Medium
Novel
Language
French
Time
1857 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Flaubert, Gustave. Madame Bovary: Moeurs de Province [Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners]. Revue de Paris, 1 Oct. 1856 - 15 Dec. 1856. Serial.

Current Citation

Flaubert, Gustave. Madame Bovary, edited and translated by Lydia Davis. Penguin Classics, 2011, pt. 3, ch. 6.

Another quote about America

We must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are on us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword through the world.

John Winthrop

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Topic
America as example America

Author

John Winthrop
Source
A Model of Christian Charity
Medium
Sermon
Language
English
Time
1630 1630s 17th century
Era
Colonial America
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Winthrop, John. "A Model of Christian Charity." 8 Apr. 1630, on board Arbella. Sermon.

Another quote from 1859

All good things must come to an end.

Henry M. Field

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Topic
Endings

Author

Henry M. Field
Language
English
Time
1859 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Field, Henry M. Summer Pictures: From Copenhagen to Venice. Sheldon and Company, 1859, ch. 1.