Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

H.G. Wells

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Topic

Education Human destructiveness

Author

H.G. Wells

Source

The Outline of History

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Wells, H. G. The Outline of History. George Newnes, 1920.

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Another quote from the 1920s

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

Langston Hughes

Dreams

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Topic
Dreams

Author

Langston Hughes
Source
Dreams The World Tomorrow
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1923 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Hughes, Langston. “Dreams.” The World Tomorrow, May 1923, I. 1.

Current Citation

Hughes, Langston. “Dreams.” The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: Essays on Art, Race, Politics, and World Affairs. Vol. 9, University of Missouri Press, 2001.

Another quote about Education

Education is a weapon whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

Joseph Stalin

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Topic
Power of education Education
Speaker
Joseph Stalin
Language
Russian
Time
1937 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 0
Citation

Stalin, Joseph. "Marxism VS. Liberalism: An Interview." Interviewed by H. G. Wells. New Century Publishers, Sept. 1937.

Another quote from 1920

Are you lost daddy I asked tenderly.
Shut up he explained.

Ring Lardner

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Topic
Parents and children

Author

Ring Lardner
Language
English
Time
1920 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Lardner, Ring. "The Young Immigrunts." Ring Lardner: Selected Stories. Penguin Classics, 1997. Originally published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1920, ch. 10.