Who's That Pokémon?

Question 1

Who wrote the following excerpt?

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all government are sometimes, inexpedient.

Answer 1

Henry David Thoreau

Question 2

Which text is the following passage from?

“Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all government are sometimes, inexpedient.”

Answer 2

“Civil Disobedience”

Question 3

Who wrote the following excerpt?

[W]e have a universe in many editions, one real one, the infinite folio, or edition de luxe, eternally complete; and then the various finite editions, full of false readings, distorted and mutilated each in its own way.

Answer 3

William James

Question 4

Which text is the following passage from?

[W]e have a universe in many editions, one real one, the infinite folio, or edition de luxe, eternally complete; and then the various finite editions, full of false readings, distorted and mutilated each in its own way.

Answer 4

Pragmatism