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In seven pages this text is analyzed and considered within the context of Martin Luther King's 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' and h...

In 5 pages this paper reviews the essays Life Without Principles and Walden by Henry David Thoreau. There are 2 sources cited in ...

was shortly afterwards involved in the cause begun by civil rights activist Rosa Parks when she refused to follow the citys laws m...

In five pages this paper discusses Thoreau's views on railroads through an analysis of Walden passages....

In four pages Malcolm X's autobiography is examined and then is contrasted with Martin Luther King's philosophy. Four sources are...

In five pages this essay examines the notion that Thoreau advocates breaking the law when it becomes morally important to do so wi...

describes the Tiger beetle, which is "often brightly patterned" in a manner that looks "like small jewels" (Russell 222). Her desc...

This essay responds to several issues concerning King David. What was the Davidic covenant. Since David sinned, why is he consider...

In twelve pages Gandhi's ideology is critically analyzed. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....

effective leader was his ability to build bridges between communities, between upper and lower caste Hindus and among Hindus, Musl...

In five pages this paper considers Gandhi's philosophy and Satyagraha's weaknesses and strengths. Eight sources are cited in the ...

realize they could expand their power through indulgences (Spaeth et al., 18). For instance, special indulgences were initially gi...

government is as likely as the army to be "abused and perverted before the people can act through it" (Thoreau, 1849). He cites th...

time. The concept of leadership is a rather easy notion to define, however, it is not as simple a task to execute; King was not o...

to love their oppressors in an affectionate sense. Love in this connection means understanding good will as expressed in the Greek...

or writing the paper: he or she is of such character that their word is to be respected ("Persuasive Arguments"). With all that in...

that it was necessary to vote. He felt that it was not the duty of the individual to try to make governments better or to try to...

a famous series of protest letters under the name of "M.B. Drapier." While his identity as the letter-writer was known throughout ...

complexities that can be lived without. This sort of perspective is further seen in a statement in his work wherein he sta...

that he was "in haste" to buy it before the owner finished making any more "improvements," i.e. changes that Thoreau implies he hi...

truly fulfilled, and in fact he likens this fulfillment to a nearly spiritual ideal. On the other hand, there was...

understand that Thoreau would believe that poets contribute a great deal. Hence, it is understandable why he makes such claims. Fi...

States and among philosophers in general. While this background was largely unnecessary from the perspective of many of the retre...

that regards Walden as the "story of a person who traded a flawed reality for an idealistic, isolated sanctuary" (845). A close re...

public inconveniencey, it is the will of God... that the established government be obeyed--and no longer" (1755). Christ was also...

to approach the church, is a very viable approach as well as a very intelligent approach. Chavez argues that the Churchs duty is...

446). Since it has only been around fifteen years since the land was cleared, Thoreau judges that the soil should still be rich, s...

silence and contemplation and it was just this sort of thing that Thoreau was seeking and thus details are an intricate part of hi...

Americas historical experience with race, ethnicity, and/or gender. Who could be more appropriate for this task than one of our c...

to be called "transcendentalism" (5). The individuals who wrote about this faculty referred to it by different names -- e.g., "sp...