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In eleven pages this paper considers Benjamin Franklin's perspectives on society and self in comparison with the views of Thomas H...

to the role of an international statesman; through his efforts, he ultimately ended up as a role model for many American youths wh...

just enough on the ball to attempt to rise to a higher level. However, the plays hero is not a particularly unique or sensitive i...

theirs. Thoreau wanted to follow natures example, to "see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, ...

He describes, for instance, the different kinds of activities which he undertakes in the course...

be? soliloquy that we are allowed an insight into the extent of his grief and suicidal tendencies, and in O, what a rogue and peas...

rejection of the American dream likely came before he had embarked on this personal journey. He had some insight into the problem ...

In six pages this paper discusses how the self reliance philosophy was conceptualized in a contrast and comparison of the perspect...

This paper consists of five pages and discusses the element of satire that exists within Walden by Henry David Thoreau. There is ...

In fourteen pages this paper contrasts and compares modern policies and approaches to land management with the concepts and views ...

on other writers who were to follow them. However, just as Emerson did not express his philosophy in the same way as Thoreau, foll...

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

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

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

This paper considers the words to the patriotic song America the Beautiful then compares Katherine Bates ideas enunciated in the s...

best and brightest citizens." After the candidates shake hands, the moderator presented the first topic for debate, that of taxat...

in the goodness of man and the mans natural state is in nature and is burdened by civilization (Campbell). The doctrine of sensibi...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

sported the slogan "Challenge Authority." To many, it had little meaning. That is because the majority of people are sheep. They d...

Hal was more interested in the gossip at the local taverns than he was in matters of state. Henry IVs cousin, Richard, who became...

India has ever had (Khilnani, 2002). This, of course, brings up the question as to why Gandhi is so esteemed, despite her shortcom...

Today in America there is a great but subtle poison that has worked its way into the minds of those who recline nightly in their c...

In six pages and 3 parts this paper discusses the leadership of Yugoslavia's Tito, then discusses Martin Luther King, Arafat, with...

and intensity of the problem of justice. The author, of course, is Martin Luther King Jr. and his authority is well grounded. H...