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One thing I've been thinking about is what gives spurious quotes away as "fakes. " When we used to receive questions about these, we would often know right away that it wasn't a genuine excerpt from Jefferson's writings. How did we know? You do develop a sense of Jefferson's style if you are reading his (genuine) writings all the time, so when we're presented with an imposter quotation, I suppose we are subconsciously picking up all sorts of linguistic elements and habits of usage that distinguish Jefferson's writing style from the (mostly 20th-century) fakes.
For those readers out there who'd like to be better equipped to spot a fake Jefferson quote, though, "go read Jefferson's writings all day for several years" is probably not a practical solution. Anatomy of a Fake Quotation - Megan McArdle. Yesterday, I saw a quote from Martin Luther King Jr. fly across my Twitter feed: "I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. " - Martin Luther King, Jr". I was about to retweet it, but I hesitated. It didn't sound right.
After some Googling, I determined that it was probably fake, which I wrote about last night. Here's the story of how that quote was created. It turns out I was far too uncharitable in my search for a motive behind the fake quote. Had I seen the quote on Facebook, rather than Twitter, I might have guessed at the truth. I will mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy.
Everything except the first sentence is found in King's book, Strength to Love, and seems to have been said originally in a 1957 sermon he gave on loving your enemies. So how did they get mixed together? Thanks to Jessica Dovey, a Facebook user, that's how. Ms. How to use the Google Adwords Keyword Tool. Google Maps Power Tips & Tricks. 2538.jpg (JPEG Image, 460 × 5074 pixels)