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Middle Class According to Benjamin Franklin, Moliere, and Voltaire

notably Charles Dickens, Moliere, and Voltaire - had decidedly different and less heroic definitions of the middle class in their ...

Emerson and Thoreau and the War in Iraq

personality was bolder and more action-oriented than Emersons. He was far more progressive and activist than Emerson on the anti-s...

A Tour of the Louvre

In five pages this research paper celebrates the passions of art and politics revealed in various displays of Romantic and Neoclas...

O. Henry/Gift of the Magi

being owned by "Her Jim" (Porter). As Della contemplates her options, she considers her reflection and O. Henry introduces the f...

FDR's Vice President Henry Wallace

In six pages this paper discusses Henry Wallace's life, his politics, his time as Franklin D. Roosevelt's vice president, and his ...

Northwest Explorers of Canada

In fifteen pages the famed explorers of Canada's Northwest Passage Sir John Franklin, Samuel Hearne, and John Henry Lefroy are exa...

Civil Disobedience and Civil Rights Leaders

Malcolm X who had such ideas, and his concept had nothing to do with changing class problems, but with race. The notion that soci...

A Comparison of Donatello's David and Michelangelo's David

glorification of the nude that sculptors were destined to follow for many years (Burns 411). A local cultural touch is provided b...

Analysis of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

in his youth. While Franklin is a firm advocate of hard work, he never advocates work merely for works sake. He disliked his fathe...

Analyzing The Way to Wealth by Benjamin Franklin

them that perhaps his words are not to be taken seriously, but could be regarded as jocular or parodying. Unlike the more straigh...

The Way to Wealth and Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin and Journal by John Woolman

version of self-fulfillment and the American dream. Morality and the Conduct of Business Keeping in mind Woolmans deep Christian ...

American Historical Contributions of Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin

revolutionary Americans divided up into planter democrats and capitalist elitists. According to another school, the basic division...

Self-Improvement In The Writings of Benjamin Franklin and Frederick Douglass

to promote his ideas being a printer and prospering in his business, his actions also promoted his ideal for constant improvement ...

How Incredible Odds Against Them Were Overcome by Benjamin Franklin and Frederick Douglass

to construct a code for living that would be world-renowned. One of his favorite stories concerned a formative period in hi...

Life and Identity of Benjamin Franklin

He so appreciated having the strength of faith present in his life that, like most others, Franklin freely expressed his gratitude...

Electricity and Benjamin Franklin

2005). It is interesting to note that Benjamin Franklin often invented things that he felt were good for all people and thus sho...

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and Humor

to show his countrymen that fame and success had not spoiled him. This would further endear him to them and cement his status as ...

Wealth as Viewed by William Bradford, Jonathan Edwards, Benjamin Franklin, and Jean de Crèvecoeur

commoner was forced into a position of submission by this fact in Europe. Cr?vecoeur realized immediately that in America land ow...

Humility and Benjamin Franklin

of his accomplishments, many of which are successful. One of the problems in the writings of a man outlining his own accomplishme...

Biography of Benjamin Franklin

at night so no one knew who was writing the pieces. They were a smash hit, and everyone wanted to know who was the real Silence Do...

American Values, J. Hector St. Jean de Crevecoeur, and Benjamin Franklin

In six pages this paper examines how de Crevecoeur's Letters From an American Farmer and Franklin's Autobiography reveal the true ...

Autobiographies of African Olaudah Equiano and American Benjamin Franklin

the letter pulls the reader into the familiar structure of the book, and creates the continued expectation of familiar concepts, n...

Independence of America and Benjamin Franklin

In four pages this research paper reviews the text written by Esmond Wright in which the historian's obvious fascination with his ...

Frederick Douglas versus Benjamin Franklin

This essay consists of a five page comparative analysis of Frederick Douglass and Ben Franklin. Four sources are cited in the bib...

American Literature and the Impact of Benjamin Franklin

of subjects. Franklin had an insatiable need to know, and at an early age, he recognized that through words, he could positively ...

New York Craftsmen and The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

how exemplary Franklin truly was, citing that he was nothing but an ordinary man who was faced with ordinary struggles, not unlike...

Thoughts and Philosophies of Benjamin Franklin

In five pages Franklin's thoughts and beliefs regarding such topics as politics, religion, and business are discussed within the c...

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

This paper examines Franklin's memoirs in terms of the ways in which it reflects Enlightenment ideals in context as well as form. ...

Reflections of Democracy in Henry David Thoreau's Life Without Principle, Resistance to Civil Government and Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self Reliance

In five pages a comparative analysis of democracy as it is represented in these essays is presented. Four sources are cited in th...

Virtue Defined in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and in The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

In five pages this paper discusses what these authors think constitutes a virtuous person as presented in their texts. Three sour...