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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Number of Words: 628 / Number of Pages: 3
... of the movement and know got himself involved more. Many people and ways of life throughout his career including Neoplatonism, the Hindu religion, Plato and even his wife influenced Emerson. He also inspired many Transcendentalists like Thoreau. Emerson didn't win any major awards, but he did win the love and appreciation of his readers.
Literary Information
Emerson wrote many genres of writing including poetry and sermons, but his best writing is found in his essays. Even though he is noted for his essays, he was also a strong force in poetry. Emerson was known for presenting ideas in an expressi ...
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Farai Chideya
Number of Words: 460 / Number of Pages: 2
... presidential campaign. It was at this time that she was named to the New York Daily News' "Dream Team" of political reporters and commentators. She appeared on programming such as "TalkBack Live" and "CNN & Company", as well as ABC's "Nightline," CBS's "Up to the Minute," and BET's "Teen Summit" and "Town Hall Meeting on the Black Family." She saw the publishing of her new book, The Color of our Future: How the Nation's Most Diverse Generation is Reshaping American Culture., in 1997. That was also the year that she began her two current positions as an ABC News Correspondent and Editor of National A ...
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History Of Womans Education
Number of Words: 834 / Number of Pages: 4
... which were finishing schools. In 1809 at the age of twenty two, she married Dr. John Willard. It was at this time she stopped her teaching and focused on being a wife and mother to John's children and her own baby.
Soon Emma Hart Willard got her fire back. This occured when she began
reading the books John's eldest son brought home from college. Her feelings towards female education were rejuvinated. In 1812, the bank that John was the director of was robbed, leaving Emma and John in a bit of financial trouble. Partly to recieve additional income and partly to satisfy herself Emma asked ...
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Hemingway And His Writing Style
Number of Words: 2058 / Number of Pages: 8
... all the wrong reasons.
Hemingway was born in the quiet town of Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, on July 21, 1899. His father was a physician, and Ernest was the second of six children born to Dr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Hemingway. His mother, a devout, religious woman with considerable music talent, hoped that her son would develop an interest in music. Instead, Ernest acquired his father’s enthusiasm for guns and for fishing trips in the north woods of Michigan (Lynn 63).
From almost the beginning of his writing career, Hemingway employed a distinctive style which drew comment from many cri ...
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The Life Of William Shakespeare
Number of Words: 971 / Number of Pages: 4
... Shakespeare gave birth to twins. A boy named Hamnet and a girl named Judith. Hamnet did not survive.
Shakespeare arrived in London about 1588 and by 1592 and had success as an actor and playwright. He secured the patronage of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton. William Shakespeare’s professional life in London was marked by a number of financially advantageous arrangements that permitted him to share in the profits of his acting company. his plays were given special presentation at the courts of Queen Elizabeth 1 and King James 1. He risked losing royal favor only once, in 1599, when his ...
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The Autobiography Of Malcom X
Number of Words: 2833 / Number of Pages: 11
... "Roots".
Historical and Political Setting
In the years around 1960, the American Negroes became increasingly active
in the struggle for civil rights. The liberal, intellectual Afro-American
leaders such as Martin Luther King and their supporters, who fought for
equality of and integration among black and white, had participated in
freedom rides and protest marches to finally abolish segregation. But
suddenly, they faced opposition from not one, but two parties advocating
racism and segregation: The white racists and the so-called Black Muslims.
This radical Negro cult called "Nation of Islam" beca ...
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Mark Twain And Racism
Number of Words: 665 / Number of Pages: 3
... By doing
this, he is also offending about 15% of the United States population. Every
character in the book is racist, even Huckleberry himself. With such lines
as: "Here was this nigger, which I had as good as helped run away, coming
right out flatfooted and saying he would steal his children-children that
belonged to a man I didn't even know; a man that hadn't ever done me no
harm"(Twain, P133), he illustrates this.
Additionally, the character of Jim is not a well-developed
character like Huckleberry or even Aunt Sally, but is flat, and is never
the instigator of actions. Instead, he is ac ...
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Thomas Jefferson And Alexander Hamilton
Number of Words: 445 / Number of Pages: 2
... to which he was prepared to subordinate the
interests of the people. He had a wish to replace the Articles of
Confederation with a strong centralized government. The states were to have
virtually no power. Hamilton thought that under this essentially
monarchical plan, the national government would have unlimited sovereignty.
Hamilton worked to promote commerce, industry, and a strong central
government, under which, he believed, the economy would flourish.
The debts incurred during the revolution were massive. The end result
left the nation's finances in disorder. Public credit was at a low reflu ...
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Abigail Adams
Number of Words: 763 / Number of Pages: 3
... or making sure that his
sheep received proper care. Abigail, with the help of her family grew a
very religious bond between each other and a long lasting friendship.
Abigail never went to a real school because of poor health. So, she
learned at home. Her father's library was not big, but she still went to it
to read books. Abigail's favorite books were novels by Samuel Richardson.
Abigail's father knew John Adams by working with him and she grew rather
close to him starting a wedding. This now made her name Abigail Adams.
Their wedding was held on October 25, 1764, a month before her twen ...
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Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Number of Words: 1303 / Number of Pages: 5
... of thousands of settlers
to the western provinces. He reduced postal rates, promoted the building of
railroads needed for national expansion, and appointed a commission to regulate
railroad rates. After 15 years in office his government was defeated, presumably
on the issue of reciprocal trade with the United States. Laurier believed,
however, that his political defeat was caused primarily by opponents in Ontario
who considered him too partial to Roman Catholic interests in Quebec. Prior to
World War I, Laurier tried forcefully to support the formation of a Canadian
navy. His own Liberal party def ...
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