I believe that we are lost here in America, but I believe we shall be found.

Thomas Wolfe

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Topic

America

Author

Thomas Wolfe

Source

You Can't Go Home Again

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1938 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Wolfe, Thomas. You Can't Go Home Again. Harper & Row, 1940, ch. 48.

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The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.

Albert Einstein

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Topic
The mysterious Awe Wonder Creativity

Author

Albert Einstein
Source
What I Believe. Living Philosophies 13 Forum and Century
Medium
Essay Magazine
Language
German
Time
1930 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Einstein, Albert. "What I Believe. Living Philosophies 13." Forum and Century, Oct. 1930, vol. 84, issue 4, pp. 193-194.

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Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

Emma Lazarus

The New Colossus

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Immigration America

Author

Emma Lazarus
Source
The New Colossus
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1883 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Lazarus, Emma. "The New Colossus." Statue of Liberty published catalog. c. 1883, I. 10.

Current Citation

Lazarus, Emma. "The New Colossus." Emma Lazarus: Selected Poems, edited by John Hollander. Library of America, 2005, I. 10.