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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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

This essay begins by describing the moral and political philosophies of John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, Adam Smith, Benito Mussolini...

This paper considers the historical impact of King Henry VII and compares them to that of his son, King Henry VIII. There are six ...

This paper discusses the important qualities that define great leaders. The persuasive ability of Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Ro...

that the Negro is still not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segreg...

Introduction Most people in the United States are well aware of the impact made by the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr.. E...

King found himself appointed as the leader of the civil rights movement in the south in large part due to his prominent social sta...