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- 2281: Book Report On Thomas Jefferson
- ... The value of this book is that it shows that Jefferson was not a saint, yet he was one of the most intelligent presidents that the country has ever had. Risjord has given the book great value because he has framed Jefferson among his peers. Consequently, the book truly comes to life, and the reader is able to learn about Jefferson as well as his contemporaries James Madison, John Marshall, and ... a long deadlock with Aaron Burr in the House of Representatives. This happened mainly because Alexander Hamilton considered Burr the more dangerous man and he gave his support to Jefferson. Jefferson's election was a great victory for the democratic forces, but it was black Tuesday to the thousands of Federalists who believed that the Republican leader was an atheistic anarchist who feared that his administration would be that of a ... first administration he achieved the Louisiana Purchase and oversaw the Lewis and Clark Expedition. During his second administration, Jefferson tried to enforce such measures as the Embargo Act of 1807, even though this brought a great deal of opposition. Once he retired from public life, Jefferson moved back to his beloved Monticello. It was at this time that he founded the University of Virginia and continued his activities as a ...
- 2282: Frank Lloyd Wright
- ... as 1869), Frank Lincoln Wright, who changed his own middle name to Lloyd, was raised under the influence of a Welsh heritage. The Lloyd-Jones family, his mother’s side of the family, had a great influence on Wright throughout his life. The family was Unitarian in faith and lived close to each other. Major emphasis within the Lloyd-Jones family included education, religion, and nature. Wright’s family spent many ... upon her many brothers, sisters and uncles, and Wright was intellectually guided by his aunts and his mother. Before Wright was even born, his mother had decided that her son was gong to be a great architect. Using Froebel’s geometric blocks to entertain and educate her son, Mrs. Wright must have struck the genius that her son possessed. Use of imagination was encouraged and Wright was given free run of ... skill of drawing intricate plans and designs. Wright picked up on the ways of Sullivan and soon became ahead of Alder in importance within the firm. Wright’s relationship between him and his employer caused great amounts of tension between Wright and his fellow draftsmen, as well as with Sullivan and Adler. Wright was assigned the residential contracts of the firm. His work soon expanded as he accepted jobs outside ...
- 2283: Emily Dickinson
- ... 10. http://www.sappho.com/poetry/historical/ e_*censored*in.html ] Dickinson had her greatest poetic output during the Civil War. She wrote around eight hundred poems in this time. To go along with this great output came a stressful period, too. Emily went through great stress in the year eighteen hundred sixty-two because of the distance and danger threatened to her friends. Also during this time, she had persistent eye trouble, which led her in eighteen hundred sixty- four ... her lifetime. The reason so few were published was because her poetry was ahead of its time. Emily's poems were different from what the people were used to at this time. She had a great talent for writing poems, but it was not acknowledge until after her death. Here is another one of her great poems. "Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed. To comprehend a ...
- 2284: Satire at it's Best In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- ... Huckleberry Finn Satire is the use of irony or sarcasm to expose vice or folly. Mark Twain, the author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was a very talented writer and use's satire a great deal in the novel. This novel is not only an adventure story but also a comedy in the way that Mark Twain pokes fun at the way people have become to be. He uses the ... them both to get drunk on."(205) This has to be one of the funniest phrases that Twain came up with. I also show the ignorance of some people in the south. Satire is a great way to make fun of someone or something without them knowing. Twain was obviously an intelligent man to see all of the human flaws of that time and put it into a great book. He shows them so well that you could not mistake it for the truth. He is a superb writer and his use of satires is how this book became so great and a ...
- 2285: Paramilitary and Survivalist Groups
- ... some cases, when they are protesting laws that "lessen the strength" of the Second Amendment. Thus these groups are not as racist, but more intolerant of gun-laws. In the mid-western area, there are great numbers of militias and paramilitary groups who feel very strongly about "anti-Christian" laws, or capital issues like abortion. Groups in this area are anti-abortionists, and have right-winged beliefs surrounding similar major issues ... groups in this area also concentrate their efforts on expressing their outrage and resentment for the Waco and Ruby Ridge incidents. Consequently, they are probably the most dangerous groups, as they not only have a great number of weapons at their disposal, but also have a tangible reason to be angry at the federal government (Junas 1-7). Militias in the South are usually very racist, and unlike the groups in ... Times", mentioned in the Bible (Dees and Corcoran 11). Possibly the largest reason for growth of militias and paramilitary groups is gun control legislation which "interferes" with the Second Amendment (Dees and Corcoran 73). A great number of individual gun-owners were angered into joining militias when the Brady-Bill was passed, therefor "limiting" their Second Amendment rights (Junas 1-7). Finallymore inconvenient public buildings, especially airports and large federal ...
- 2286: The Women's Rights Movement (1848-1998)
- ... the way for many other women throughout the United States to follow. An important battle fought for was women's suffrage, and in fighting for this worthy cause, various smaller battles were also fought. This great movement would have never occurred if the few brave women, that felt that women were ultimately being treated unfairly by the government would not have taken a stand. These women were Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan ... bare majority. The Declaration of Sentiments molded complete realism in the minds of those who attended this convention. The convention ended on a good note, with determination, hopes, dreams, and new plans to further the great strife that awaited. The new plans were to employ agents, petition the State and National Legislatures, and endeavor to enlist the pulpit and the press in their behalf. They hoped that, the convention would be ... to rethink their positions, and many of the women who had attended the convention were so embarrassed by the publicity that they actually withdrew their signatures from the Declaration, but the strong stood firm. The great negativity the press was spreading had an impact that baffled the editors, because the articles about the women's call for expanded rights were so livid and widespread that they actually had a positive ...
- 2287: Teddy Bear
- ... Riders. He led the Rough Riders on a charge at the Battle of San Juan. Roosevelt was one of the most conspicuous heroes of the war. Twenty years later he declared:"San Juan was the great day of my life. Thomas C. Platt, needing a hero to draw attention away from scandals in New York State, accepted Roosevelt as the Republican candidate for governor in 1898. Roosevelt won and served with distinction. As president, Roosevelt held the ideal that the Government should be the great arbiter of the conflicting economic forces in the nation, especially between capital and labor, guaranteeing justice to each and dispensing favors to none. Roosevelt emerged spectacurlarly as a "trust buster" by forcing the dissolution of a great railroad combination in the northwest. During Roosevelt's presidency, the government filed suits against 43 other corporations. In major cases, the government ended John D. Rockerfeller's oil trust and James B. Duke's ...
- 2288: Socrates
- ... to a group of students in a small classroom. These students were much like disciples. They respected and followed in the philosophies of their teacher. Socrates’ most famous pupil, Plato, went on to become a great philosopher like his mentor. Socrates lived through and fought in the Peloponnesian War. After Athens’ defeat, the democracy was replaced by a tyranny. This did not bother Socrates much because his belief in government was ... step toward advancing modern philosophy, as we know it. His theories and ideas were a whole new concept that helped progress the western philosophy through all of later history. In conclusion, Socrates’ historical importance is great, due to his extreme influence on the evolution of the world’s ideas of philosophy. Even though Socrates never made written records of his work, his finest and most successful pupil, Plato, recorded much of ... my ideas would consist of principles rather than sciences. The simple lifestyle of the philosopher appeals to me. I enjoyed the unusual behaviors that I associated myself with. All that really interested me was the great mysteries of philosophy, and the questions of knowing oneself, which I devoted my life to learning and teaching. Mark – Your teaching was remarkable and much can be learned from studying it even after your ...
- 2289: Sir Isaac Newton
- ... when in all actuality, Newton proved wrong. Another contribution was the reflective telescope; he knew that the refractive telescope could only be so big, hence prohibiting extreme magnification. His optical studies stopped because of the Great Plague that hit in 1666. That is why he is mainly known for his mathematical discoveries and the laws of gravitation. Newton once said, “If I have seen further than most men, it is because ... with the constant change which is ever present in the word around us”(The New American Encyclopedia Vol. 3: 891). This ingenious mathematical method has provided us with the ability to create things which the great philosophers of the past could only dream of. This mathematical method allows us to make precise calculations by using specified equations with only a few known quantities. Have you ever tried to determine the volume ... impossible, but it would be impractical to try and attack such a problem without the proper tools. Without calculus, it would be like trying to eat soup with a fork. “With calculus, Newton’s first great achievement, he provided himself with the mathematical tools necessary for the rest of his work”(www.tiac.net/users/bruen/newton.html). Mathematics, science, and technology go hand in hand. Without the proper mathematical ...
- 2290: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- ... all of these stories, he finally became involved in writing all of his Sherlock Holmes novels and other short stories. The first Sherlock Holmes novel was A Study in Scarlet in 1887, which was a great accomplishment in the United States. The second Sherlock Holmes novel was The Sign of the Four. In 1888, the first book edition of A Study in Scarlet was published by Ward Lock. In December, The ... background for The Tragedy of Korosko. They traveled to South Africa during the Boer War in 1900, because Doyle was acting as a war correspondent. While in South Africa, Doyle published a novel called The Great Boer War in 1900. Then other short stories appeared in Cornhill Magazine, such as Some Military Lessons of War, in 1900.24 Following the end of the war, they returned home to Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex ... very clumsy person, he was still a lover of sports, who played rugby and billiards like a paid professional. Doyle was a person everyone had doubted would ever turn out to be someone with a great deal of talent and use it to his ability. Doyle’s life was similar to a mixture of all of his characters, because of his high drama talent, energy by the truckload, and a ...
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