All great art is born of the metropolis.

Ezra Pound

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Topic

Cities Rural vs. urban

Author

Ezra Pound

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1913 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Pound, Ezra. Letter to Harriet Monroe. 7 Nov. 1913.

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The world must be made safe for democracy.

Woodrow Wilson

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Topic
America and the world International politics
Speaker
Woodrow Wilson
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1917 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. Address to congress requesting a declaration of war against Germany. Congress meeting. 2 Apr. 1917, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. "Address to a Joint Session of Congress Calling for a Declaration of War." Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-President, edited by Mario R. DiNunzio. New York University Press, 2006.

Another quote from 1913

Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.

Louis Brandeis

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Topic
Transparency in government

Author

Louis Brandeis
Source
What Publicity Can Do Harper's Magazine
Medium
Essay Magazine
Language
English
Time
1913 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Brandeis, Louis. "What Publicity Can Do." Harper's Weekly, 20 Dec. 1913.