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- 741: Famous People Of The Civil War
- ... fugitive slave. She was born to slave parents and escaped to freedom. In the 1850's she made many journeys to free slaves through the Underground Railroad. She was aided by abolitionists and Quakers, and John Brown who consulted with her for the Harpers Ferry raid in 1859. During the Civil War she served as an army cook, a nurse, and became a spy for Maryland and Virginia. After the war ... the society. Garrison didn't want slavery to be ended violently, but in the 1850s he used violent resistance to the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law. After the Civil War Garrison worked to help black equality. John Brown John Brown was an abolitionist and is remembered mainly for his raid for the military weapons at Harpers Ferry. During most of Brown's adult years he wandered from job to job, but in the ...
- 742: The Beatles
- ... shaped a generation and ones soon to come. The Beatles were more than just a rock and roll band , they were a group of young men who wanted to go a new direction in music. John Lennon, one of lead vocalists, basically started with the intention of moving away from the "Skiffle Boom Era" which was dominating the time. In his doing so, he began to lay the foundation for what would later be the most famous rock band ever. The original band members were as follows : John Lennon, vocals and guitar ; Paul McCartney, vocals ; George Harrison, guitar ; Pete Best, drums ; Stuart Sutcliffe, bass guitar. In March of 1961, the Beatles began to play at the club that would later be nicknamed "The ... most important year of their careers. 1964 was the year they conquered the biggest record market of the world, America. It took a combination of talent and luck. America was suffering with the loss of John F. Kennedy and the Beatles appeared on the scene to bring them fun and excitement to end their mourning. They also brought rock and roll back to its homeland. Being in right place at ...
- 743: Brave New World 7
- ... work at the hatchery and have been dating, but she starts dating Bernard Marx instead. Bernard is a deformed but highly intelligent man who takes Lenina to a savage restoration. At the reservation, they meet John and his mother Linda, whom was the girlfriend of the DHC and John is his son. Lenina and Bernard take, with permission, Linda and John out of the reservation. Bernard and a friend introduce John to the new world. Lenina tries to make advances toward John but his savage attitude doesn t allow it. The downfall of John begins ...
- 744: Call Of The Wild By Jack Londo
- ... The Call of the Wild interact to reveal the theme the power of love is stonger than all other powers. Buck is the main character and he loves many people. Buck shows his love for John Thorton (his last owner) many times. For example, Buck pulls a sled 100 yards that has a thousand pounds of flour on it because John bet that he could (Page 50). Buck could not have moved the sled if he didn't love John. Manuel shows his love for money by selling Buck, the family dog. "He loved to play Chinese lottery" (Page 2). If he didn't love to play lottery Buck might still live in California. ...
- 745: Eulogies
- ... what they do, and what a person does not do. If one makes a mistake, just shake it off and start over again. Two other well known elegy authors, are Burton Raffel, and Charles W. Kennedy. Raffel translated the poem The Seafarer and Kennedy The Wanderer. Raffel used the sea to tell his tale. an example of how Raffel use the sea is OF s mashing surf when I sweated in the cold, Of am anxious watch, purched in the bow, As it dashed under cliffs, My feet were cast, In Icy bands, Bound with frost.(Raffel. 17) In Kennedy s poem The Wanderer , he just tells the story how it happens. He does not compare it to some kind experiencehe has had in the past. An example of his work is Oft when ...
- 746: Looking Ahead: The Future Of Post Keynesian Economics
- ... Money, New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, INC. _____ ( 1963), Essays in Persuasion, New York: W.W. Norton & Co. Moggredige, Vols I-XXX, London: Macmillan. _____(1971) A Tract on Monetary Reform, in The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes Vol. IV, London: Macmillan. _____(1972a) Essays in Persuasion in The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes Vol.IX, London: Macmillan. ______ (1972b) Essays in Biography, in The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes Vol X, London: Macmillan. ______( (1973a) A Treatise on Probablity, in The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes Vol. VIII, London: Macmillan. ______(1973b) The General Theory and After. Part 1: Preparation, in The ...
- 747: Enlightenment: The Light Bulb of the 1700's
- Enlightenment: The Light Bulb of the 1700's Throughout history many people have changed society with their ideas and actions. Two philosophers whose ideas and actions changed society are Voltaire and John Lock. Martin Luther and Galileo also changed society. John Lock and Voltaire both fought for basic human rights. Voltaire fought for basic religious freedom. He claimed that if god created the Catholic religion and god loves all people, then why does the Catholic religion have the right to torment other religions. As a result of this, Voltaire was exiled. John Lock also fought for human rights. He thought that government should protect the people. John Locke and Voltaire both spoke against a major power. Voltaire spoke against the church while Locke spoke against the ...
- 748: Hofstadter Chapter 1
- ... in democracy, and of a return to the extreme right emerged. The awareness that both military dictatorship and a return to monarchy were being seriously discussed in some quarters propelled the Constitutional framers such as John Jay to bring to attention. II Consistent to eighteenth-century ethos left the Constitution-makers with great faith in universals. They believed in an inexorable view of a self-interested man. Feeling that all me ... was the equality between American and the Britons back home. Finally it was decided that democracy unchecked ruled by the masses, is sure to bring arbitrary redistribution of property, destroying the very essence of liberty. John Jay believed The people who own the country ought to govern it. The result was that while they thought self-interest the most dangerous and unbrookable quality of man, they necessarily underwrote it in trying ... were revealed in the Federalist number 51: You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. As it was then echoed by a dogmatic John Adams who stated, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. Such reflection was something I was unaware of. My conception of the shaping of the Constitution was much more optimistic ...
- 749: Personal Identity: Philosophical Views
- ... a quality of a human which makes him or her a unique self. The person whose identity is in question must realize themselves, and other people must identify this person. In other words, what makes John unique from Bob? One must consider both internal (mind) and external (body) perspectives. There are several general philosophical theories of this identity problem. In the following paragraphs one will find the body theory, soul theory ... body, but if that body is changed, is one the same person? Someone's body is surely different at age 40 than at age 4. Also a problem arrives in alterations to a body. If John goes to war, becomes injured by a mine, and then has his legs amputated is he not still the same person, John? Therefore, the preceding definition of body theory is not sufficient, since it does not account alterations to the same body. Yet another problem is numerical. If someone were to get a finger chopped off, ...
- 750: The Crucible 6
- ... technician uses a zoom shot. This holds true when the governor approaches the gathering. In Act III Scene III some of the best techniques in the whole movie are used. This is the scene when John Proctor and the little group of girls are in the court room. When John s wife enters the room the girls start glaring at her. At the same time this is happening, mysterious music is playing. There is a dead silence in the room. Then the girls start screaming ... angle zoom is used to simulate the bird like spirit coming down on her. In Act IV Scene visual and audio techniques are used very well. There is also a good image in this scene. John Proctor and his wife are standing on a cliff. The image here is the cliff. John has the choice to jump to his death should he choose or stay and decide whether or not ...
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