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Two Perspectives on General George B. McClellan

book is not on any one person, but on the war and the period of Reconstruction that followed. Having said that, its still possible...

Authority , Just War and Thomas Aquinas

of Christianity is "Thou Shalt Not Kill," and yet Christians have been killing each other, as well as non-Christians, for millenni...

Thomas Nagel and Marilyn Friedman and the Relationship between Society and the Self

"out" group is dangerous: its members views are often suppressed (Friedman). From there its a very short jump to oppressing the "o...

A Night-Piece on Death by Thomas Parnell

mans mortality is Death itself. He walks among the graves and notes that the poorer people have flat markers and the more famous h...

The Federalists vs. Anti-federalists

James Madison served their nation at a time when the United States was a new country and was trying to establish its identity. Bot...

Analyzing the First, Third, and Seventh Presidents of the United States

role of Americas first President, seeking to separate his persona as the general "who was first in war" from the President "who wa...

COMPARISON OF EMERSON’S AND FRANK’S IDEAS

bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till." Furthermore, he writes "Trust thyself . . . accept the place the d...

1500 to 1700 Social Reform

In five pages 200 years of social reform is examined in a consideration of Sir John Fortescue's Of the Laws and Governance of En...

A Health Official’s Fight Against Smoking

since records have been made (United Press International, 2009). This is down from 21.5% in 2002 (United Press International, 2009...

Common Sense

of Mr. Paines "Common Sense" shows that he has truly made sense of a very confusing and chaotic topic for all people who desire a ...

American History

and helped many people make sense of what was going on, with a more clear understanding of the direction that should be taken. And...

Creating the American Character

p. v). Through Franklins writing, such as the homey advice of Poor Richards Almanac and also through his autobiography--through hi...

Thomas Jefferson and the Slavery Question

people smoke cigarettes and eat buttered popcorn today even though they know these things are bad for human health. Similarly, Jef...

Coach Carter/Hoosier, film comparison

when the teams losing streak continues. There is one boy in the high school, Jimmy (Maris Valainis) who is a superb player, with...

MONARCY AND FREEDOM: DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES

behind horrors, leading to situations in which there is censorship of the press, little education and "goodness trod under foot, t...

Martin Luther King and Thomas Jefferson on Freedom

the slaves. Slavery was legal, but it was not right and it was not conducive to freedom. For King, freedom was about equality and ...

Death in Venice and Him with His Foot in His Mouth

that he dies of a broken heart. The relationship among art, passion and intellect is really the heart of the story. Mann has very...

Background Information on GE

and Coffins companies expanded, but it soon became apparent that it would be difficult for either company to the alone, relying on...

An Assessment of US Blame for Globalization

Globalization has changed the world as we know it. In the larger sense globalization is simply the increased relationship between...

The Western Tradition of Psychology

Psychiatry is a relatively new discipline yet its roots can be traced back to philosophers such...

Summa Theologica Guide for the Perplexed

he could grasp with his own intellect, what he could actually perceive by his own senses, and what a trustworthy person told him. ...

Problems of Government, Thomas Jefferson

their independence from the greatest military power in the world at that time, the idea of a democracy that considered sovereignty...

Excalibur, A Cinematic Representation of Arthurian Legend

his sword and kneels commanding that his enemy should knight him. Overcome with Arthurs bravery, as the noble could just as easily...

True Liberty According to Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

In five pages this paper examines how the principles outlined in Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan define what should be regarded as true l...

Seventeenth Century Cavalier and Metaphysical Poetry

In twelve pages this paper contrasts and compares the cavalier and metaphysical approaches to seventeenth century poetry in a cons...

Abraham Lincoln and Opposing Views of Him

In seven pages this paper contrasts the Confederate and Union views of Abraham Lincoln as presented in Glenn Linden and Thomas Pre...

Thomas Hardy's Works on Society and the Individual

In 8 pages this paper discusses characterizations, relationships, and how they thematically represent society and the individual i...

Comparing Utopia and The Prince

This 6 page paper compares and contrasts Thomas More's book Utopia with The Prince by Machiavelli. The writer considers what More'...

Thomas Hardy and George Moore's Victorian Fiction and Naivete

In five pages this research paper examines the naivete of the protagonists in Esther Waters by George Moore and Far From the Maddi...

Discussion of 4 Writings on Politics

In ten pages this paper discusses Malthus' An Essay on the Principle of Population, Thomas Paine's response in The Rights of Man, ...