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- 641: Abraham Lincoln
- ... of the party and was one of the authors of the removal of the capital to Springfield, where he settled in 1837. After his admission to the bar (1836), he entered into successive partnerships with John T. Stuart, Stephen T. Logan, and William Herndon, and soon won recognition as an effective and resourceful attorney. In 1842 Lincoln married Mary Todd, the daughter of a prominent Kentucky banker, and despite her somewhat ... 1860 the Republicans, anxious to attract as many different factions as possible, nominated Lincoln for the presidency on a platform of slavery restriction, internal improvements, homesteads, and tariff reform. In a campaign against Douglas and John C. Breckinridge, two rival Democrats, and John Bell, of the Constitutional Union party, Lincoln won a majority of the electoral votes and was elected president. Immediately after the election, South Carolina, followed by six other Southern states, took steps to secede ...
- 642: Led Zeppelin
- ... groups that performed in the seventies, and even had some hits in the 1960’s. The members of the group are Jimmy Page, born on April 9, 1944, Robert Plant, born on August 24, 1948, John Paul Jones, born on January 3, 1946, and John Bonham born on May 31, 1948. Jimmy Page played guitar, Robert Plant was the vocalist, John Paul Jones played bass guitar and the keyboard, and John Bonham beat the drums. The group had the complete set up for a band right off the start. They produced their first record in ...
- 643: A Comparison Of Racism In Of M
- Examine The Nature of Prejudice in Of Mice and Men and The Withered Arm John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California. Of Mice and Men is also set in Salinas, California, USA, during the depression of America. This was a time of unemployment and economic decline. During the American depression ... is therefore forced to be dependant on Farmer Lodge for her income as she still is a dairy maid who works Examine The Nature of Prejudice in Of Mice and Men and The Withered Arm John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California. Of Mice and Men is also set in Salinas, California, USA, during the depression of America. This was a time of unemployment and economic decline. During the American depression ... the way that women are mistreated in the story. Gertrude is too entirely dependant on Lodge and understands the need to Examine The Nature of Prejudice in Of Mice and Men and The Withered Arm John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California. Of Mice and Men is also set in Salinas, California, USA, during the depression of America. This was a time of unemployment and economic decline. During the American ...
- 644: Salvatore “The Bull” Gravano
- Salvatore “The Bull” Gravano "I was the underboss of the Gambino Organized Crime Family," said salvatore Gravano when he took the witness stand at the trial of his Mafia boss, John Gotti. "John was the boss; I was the underboss. John barked and I bit." For pointing a finger at Gotti and the murder's committed by the other mobsters from the witness stand, Gravano earned his freedom last year after serving less than five ...
- 645: Time And Fate In Romeo And Jul
- ... less significance, some are crucial to the development of this tragedy. The substantial events that inspire the conclusion of Romeo and Juliet are; the Capulet ball, the quarrel experienced by Tybalt and Romeo, and Friar John’s plague. A servant to Capulet, who is incapable of reading the list of guests, asks for Romeo’s assistance. Romeo notices that Rosaline, his lover, is among these names. Benvolio challenges Romeo to compare ... Balthasar, a servant to Romeo, tells Romeo that Juliet has passed on. Romeo, who is told there are no letters from the friar, seeks a way to accomplish his suicide. Meanwhile, Friar Laurence, confronts Friar John, who was to deliver the letter to Romeo. Friar John informs Friar Laurence that he was seeking another Franciscan, who was visiting the sick, to accompany him to Mantua. He says, "Suspecting that we both were in a house/ Where the infectious pestilence did ...
- 646: Jane Eyre - Nature
- ... human nature. As the shopkeeper and others coldly turn her away, we discover that human nature is weaker than nature. However, there is one crucial advantage in human nature: it is flexible. It is St. John and his sisters that finally provide the charity Jane so desperately needs. They have bent what is established as human nature to help her. Making this claim raises the issue of the nature of St. John-has he a human nature, or is he so close to God that his nature is God-like? The answer is a bit of both. St. John is filled with the same dispassionate caring that God's nature provided Jane in the heath: he will provide, a little, but he doesn't really care for her. We get the feeling on ...
- 647: Creative Writing: Bob's World
- ... to school they said their good-bye's -- she had trigonometry and he had basic computers. As the teacher started her usual rant about this and that, Bob turned to his brilliant (like him) friend John when he said. "Hey man didn't I see you walking with that Lucille chick?" John asked him. "Ya I mean she isn't smart or as good at sports like you and me but I like her anyway," Bob replied. "But Bob man, she just smacks of effort, how does one person do so much work?" John asked Bob. "I know that is a serious letdown, doing stuff sucks, I don't know why she does it," Bob used his usual drowsy voice. "She should just hang out like us and ...
- 648: Definition Of American Democra
- ... that this equality applied to the slaves. This statement is supported in the Dred Scott decision. This is something that the Southern states would argue, that the men who built this nation like George Washington, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay and John Marshall all had slaves. They would argue that men like Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, defenders of American democracy, owned slaves. Even though it's not said in American history books, the rebelling American ...
- 649: Humble Morality
- "Are you seriously considering the possibility of a man's being turned into a tree," questions John of his wife in Charles Chesnutt's novel The Conjure Woman. His attention to the supernatural in the stories told by Uncle Julius lead him to miss the significance of the themes behind the stories. Rather than understanding, the humanity of the slave and his need for love he simply focuses on the fact that he Sandy becomes a tree. This is just one example of John's misunderstanding of the stories told by Uncle Julius. The character's inability to look beyond the surface of the stories he hears, influences his perception of the validity of these stories. Further, because he ... with her son dispels the myth that African American's were inhuman, incapable of caring about their children. At the same time, the story indicts the nostalgia for slavery as a good and fair institution. John appears to miss the implication a he is too busy focusing on the practical matters of the story. Annie on the other hand, searches for the true meaning behind the story and finds truth ...
- 650: The Client
- In writing the Crime novel ‘The Client’, John Grisham has quite effectively intertwined the plot, characters, themes and issues to create a dramatic and suspenseful story. To do this he creates strong interesting characters along with an in depth storyline to lure the reader in. John Grisham raises important themes and issues in all his novels, this story raises such issues as suicide and corruption. In ‘The Client’ we are faced with rather rough but also innocent young boy who is suddenly thrown into a complicated circle of lies, murder and revenge all because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The incredible plot John Grisham has accumulated to complete the electrifying story of ‘The Client’ first starts with a capturing opening chapter. Grisham sets the scene with two young brothers, Mark and Ricky Sway, going off into the ...
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