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- 671: Social Darwinsim History
- ... fittest B. Derivation of Social Darwinism C. First Social Darwinists 1. Herbert Spencer 2. William Graham Sumner II. Changes in American Society A. Growth of the industry B. Myth of the self made man 1. John D. Rockefeller 2. Andrew Carnegie III. Overemphasis on Social Darwinism A. Rarely used by entrepreneurs B. Relied on Christian and other arguments During the late 19th, and early 20th century, the United States experienced a ... tariffs, trade regulations, state banking, government postal services etc,. (Bryant, Jr. and Dethloff 253). Those, at that time very controversial issues, brought them, but especially Spencer, a lot of negative publicity. In 1875, the economist John Elliott Cairnes announced that Spencer "transferred laws of physiology to the domain of social science." Ten years later, the Belgian sociologist, Emile de Laveleye added that Spencer was "anxious to see the law of the ... It was also an era of extreme riches for some, and of wretched poverty for others. It was an era of the "Robber Barons", as Matthew Josephson called them. One of such "Robber Barons" was John D. Rockefeller. With his savings of $5,000, at a very young age John D. Rockefeller opened his first oil refinery. At that time oil was used only for lighting and not many expected ...
- 672: Romeo And Juliet - Time And Fa
- ... 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 ...
- 673: From Legend To Science The Health Benefits Of Tea
- ... s most popular brewed beverages. For thousands of years, however, tea has had one great advantage over coffee: it is believed to have a wide range of medicinal properties. In his book, Tea in China, John C. Evans states that ¡§if tea had not possessed a medical reputation, the beverage we know today might never have existed.¡¨ (Evans 19) Research in fact proves that tea owes its reputation as much to ... water under a tea tree, some tea leaves fell into Sheng's pot of boiling water. After drinking some tea, he discovered its miraculous powers and immediately placed tea on his list of medicinal herbs. John Blofeld, in Chinese Art of Tea, writes that ¡§it can be confidently stated that tea was known in the three kingdoms epoch (AD 222-277).¡¨ More importantly, however, ¡§tea [was] originally drunk for its medicinal ... benefits--or at least more specific benefits--than those that are already documented. Citation List Binglun, Zhang. Tea: Ancient China¡¦s Technology and Science. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1983 (Korner Q127 C5 A74 1983) Blofeld, John. The Chinese Art of Tea. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1985 (Korner GT2907 C6 B58 1985) Chatterjee, Camille. Drink to Your Health: Psychology Today. Vol32 No3 1999 p. 26 (Korner Journals BF1 P89 T63 Set2) Ericson, ...
- 674: Samuel Adams
- ... the independence movement were many and varied. During the 1760s and 1770s he frequently wrote polemical articles for the Boston newspapers, and he recruited talented younger men – Josiah Quincy, Joseph Warren, and his second cousin John Adams, among other – into the Patriot cause. It seems as though people know more about his students than they do about their mentor. It was Samuel Adams who conceived the Boston Committee of Correspondence, the ... never became part of the Federalists, the dominant party in Massachusetts. Instead he chose to stick by the beliefs that he had had from the beginning, refusing to compromise those for anyone. After serving as John Hancock’s lieutenant governor from 1789 to 1793, Adams succeeded to the governorship at Hancock’s death. As governor he did a wonderful job keeping some sort of piece in the state although there was ... he opposed Jay’s Treaty with England in 1795, he was thrice reelected before infirmity led him to retire in 1797. “Three years later, when Thomas Jefferson was elected to the presidency over his cousin John, Samuel congratulated the Virginian on the triumph of democratic republicanism.” (Americana 90) Samuel Adams was a revolutionary of great self-discipline and patience. “‘We cannot make events,’ he believed. ‘Our business is wisely to ...
- 675: Calvin Coolidge
- ... president. The road to the presidency was not a hard road for Coolidge to come by. He was born on the 4th of July in the summer of 1872 at Vermont. He was originally named John Calvin Coolidge but he later dropped the "John" (Askin 67-68). His parents were John and Victoria Coolidge. His father was a jack-of-all-trades, but was later known to be an exceptional politician. His mother loved poetry and was very beautiful, unfortunately she died when Coolidge was ...
- 676: Shakespeare's Use of Trickery and Disguise In His Plays
- ... Benedick for the evening. Beatrice, however, sees through the disguise rather easily and continues their verbal sparring, much to the dismay of Benedick. Mistaken identity plays a much greater role in the play, however. Don John, Don Pedro's bastard brother, harbors a great hatred for Don Pedro and his followers. Don John's initial plot to prevent the marriage of Claudio and Hero fails measurably, so he hatches another, more complex plot to destroy the couple. Don John feigns reconciliation with Don Pedro on the day before Claudio and Hero's wedding is to take place. After Don John wins back the trust of his brother, he reveals that he believes that ...
- 677: Slavery in the Eyes of the South
- ... 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 ...
- 678: The Conspiracy Behind the Beatles
- ... playing in cellars and dive bars. Popular locally, they were discovered by record store owner Brian Epstein. (Celsi, 8) When the band became popular in the eyes of the world, the fab four members included John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. As the Beatles became more popular, they also became more influential. Their style as well as their music effected both their era and generation. The famous mop ... Sheers, the winner of a recent lookalike contest, was phoned. He a greed to endure plastic surgery and extensive training to ensure he looked and acted exactly like Paul. Sure enough, he tricked everybody-except John. John confronted Brian, who broke down and told the truth. Brian insisted that John keep the secret. John agreed reluctantly, but he decided the fans should know what happened. He started putting clues in the ...
- 679: Comaparison Of Crucible And So
- ... may appear to be totally different but they do in fact share many similarities. Three of the characters in The Crucible are very similar to three characters in Sommersby. The three characters The Crucible are John Proctor, his wife Elizabeth Proctor, and Abigail Williams. The three characters in Sommersby are Jack Sommersby (Horace Townsend), Laurel Sommersby, and Orin Meecham. John Proctor is like Laurel Sommersby in the sense that they have both committed the sin of adultery. Jack Sommersby is much like Elizabeth Proctor because they both have their reasons to believe their spouse is ... couples can be described in the same way; they are very uncomfortable around each other. Orin is similar to Abigail Williams because they are the ones that are having the affair with either Laurel or John. Both of them also try very desperately, with no success, to maintain their relationship with the person they are committing adultery with. Some of the characters in these two stories have something similar to ...
- 680: Samuel Adams
- ... the independence movement were many and varied. During the 1760s and 1770s he frequently wrote polemical articles for the Boston newspapers, and he recruited talented younger men – Josiah Quincy, Joseph Warren, and his second cousin John Adams, among other – into the Patriot cause. It seems as though people know more about his students than they do about their mentor. It was Samuel Adams who conceived the Boston Committee of Correspondence, the ... never became part of the Federalists, the dominant party in Massachusetts. Instead he chose to stick by the beliefs that he had had from the beginning, refusing to compromise those for anyone. After serving as John Hancock’s lieutenant governor from 1789 to 1793, Adams succeeded to the governorship at Hancock’s death. As governor he did a wonderful job keeping some sort of piece in the state although there was ... he opposed Jay’s Treaty with England in 1795, he was thrice reelected before infirmity led him to retire in 1797. "Three years later, when Thomas Jefferson was elected to the presidency over his cousin John, Samuel congratulated the Virginian on the triumph of democratic republicanism." (Americana 90) Samuel Adams was a revolutionary of great self-discipline and patience. "‘We cannot make events,’ he believed. ‘Our business is wisely to ...
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