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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Another quote from the 1850s

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.

Henry David Thoreau

Walden

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Topic
Simple living Introspection Life lessons Purpose of life

Author

Henry David Thoreau
Source
Where I Lived, And What I Lived For Walden
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
English
Time
1854 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Where I Lived, And What I Lived For." Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.

Current Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Where I Lived, And What I Lived For." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.

Another quote about America

At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

Abraham Lincoln

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Topic
American decline Societal collapse America
Speaker
Abraham Lincoln
Source
Address before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1838 1830s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions." 27 Jan. 1838, Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, IL, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Address to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, January 27, 1838." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

Another quote from 1859

Oh, the comfort-the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person-having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.

Dinah Craik

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Topic
Connecting with others Value of friendship

Author

Dinah Craik
Source
A Life for a Life
Language
English
Time
1859 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Craik, Dinah Mulock. A Life for a Life. B. Tauchnitz, 1859, ch. 16.