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18th Century
The 18th century lasted from January 1, 1701 to December 31, 1800 in the Gregorian calendar.
During the 18th century, the Enlightenment culminated in the French and American revolutions.
During the 18th century, the Enlightenment culminated in the French and American revolutions.
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What I wanted to tell you about Philidor was that Diderot wrote him a letter. You know Diderot?"
"The French Revolution?"
"Yeah. Philidor was doing blindfold exhibitions and burning out his brain, or whatever it was they thought you did in the eighteenth century. Diderot wrote him: 'It is foolish to run the risk of going mad for vanity's sake.' I think of that sometimes when I'm analyzing my ass over a chessboard.
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― The Queen's Gambit
― The Queen's Gambit
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It is difficult to recapture the apprehension, even paranoia, that gripped the nation's most sober leaders in these early years of the American political experiment. No one was confident that the new republican institutions would survive. There was no clear path to success, and no past record against which to compare the unfolding of events. The emergence of political parties was unexpected and troubling, even to those who helped bring them into being. Each side in the great political conflict t
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― Dangerous Nation: America's Foreign Policy from Its Earliest Days to the Dawn of the Twentieth Century
― Dangerous Nation: America's Foreign Policy from Its Earliest Days to the Dawn of the Twentieth Century
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