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  • Henry David Thoreau

    Henry David Thoreau

    Henry David Thoreau was bon on July 12, 1817 in Concord, Massachusetts, on his grandmother’s farm. Thoreau was of French-Huguenot and Scottish-Quaker decent. Thoreau was interested in writing at an early age. At the age of ten he wrote his first essay “The seasons”. He attended Concord Academy until 1833 when he was accepted to Harvard University but with his pending financial situation he was forced to attend Cambridge in August of 1833. In September

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    Essay Length: 763 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: Janna
  • David Wu

    David Wu

    David Wu (Oregon’s 1st Congressional District) David Wu is a member of the 110th Congress representing Oregon’s 1st Congressional District. Wu was sworn in for his fifth term earlier this year on January 3, 2007. Stretching from Portland to the Oregon coast, Oregon’s 1st congressional district has a population of 743,195. Congressman Wu's priorities include: improving our nation's public education system and making college more affordable; growing Oregon's economy by encouraging new business investment and

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    Essay Length: 1,227 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Jack
  • David Lachapelle

    David Lachapelle

    The work of David LaChapelle can be seen everywhere you turn, be it on a magazine rack, album cover, advertisement, or even a music video. Dubbed the “New Surrealist”, LaChapelle’s vivid, colorful, bizarre, and humorous images have been admired by millions and have made him one of the most famous photographers alive today. Since the start of his professional career, LaChapelle’s work has attracted the attention of many other artists, celebrities, journalists, and regular people.

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    Essay Length: 972 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 9, 2010 By: David
  • David Ricardo

    David Ricardo

    David Ricardo was a very influential political economist in the history of economic thought. Born in London on April 18, 1772, and departing on September 11, 1823; he was among the likes of Thomas Malthus and Adam Smith. Ricardo was one of seventeen children in a Sephardic Jewish family (from Portugal) that emigrated from the Netherlands to Great Britain just prior to his birth. At age 14, Ricardo joined his father at the London Stock

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    Essay Length: 556 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 9, 2010 By: Monika
  • Henry David Thoreau

    Henry David Thoreau

    Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau lived from 1817 to 1862 in the northeastern United States. His older sister and brother, who were both schoolteachers, saved enough money for his college education to send him to Harvard. That is also the college his grandfather went to many years earlier. At Harvard, he studied English, mathematics, history, and mental, natural, and intellectual philosophy. Thoreau enhanced his education by choosing to take foreign languages, such as French,

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    Submitted: March 13, 2010 By: Top
  • David

    David

    The life of David was very interesting. David had many accomplishments that many people would look up to and many downfalls that people would look down to. David was born in Bethlehem. When he was little he killed a 9-foot tall giant named Goliath with a sling. He brought out five stones with his sling to challenge Goliath. He only needed one thought to defeat the giant. His brothers and relatives left him at home

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    Essay Length: 511 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 14, 2010 By: Mike
  • Jacques-Louis David’s Piece the Oath of the Horath

    Jacques-Louis David’s Piece the Oath of the Horath

    Compare and Contrast Essay Jacques-Louis David’s piece the Oath of the Horath is a very dark artwork. In the middle are four men. One of which is holding three swords. He is dressed in red and looks to be the other men’s superior officer. He looks older and wiser than the others. The other three men are saluting him. They are dressed in roman attire. The men look like they are training for battle. The

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    Essay Length: 564 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: Yan
  • The Life of David Copperfield..Or Charles Dickens?

    The Life of David Copperfield..Or Charles Dickens?

    I recently read a book by the name of David Copperfield and was highly impressed with the style of writing. The book is by Charles Dickens, and upon finishing this book, I have decided he must have been a literary genius. From the preface, Dickens tells us that David Copperfield is his favorite work and that he is sad because he will not be able to work on it any longer now that he has

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    Essay Length: 770 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: Fonta
  • William Wordsworth's Poems and David Malouf's Novel, an Imaginary Life,

    William Wordsworth's Poems and David Malouf's Novel, an Imaginary Life,

    In both William Wordsworth’s poems and David Malouf’s novel, An Imaginary Life, it is evident how different times and cultures affect the quality and importance of the relationship humanity can have with the natural world. Themes that are explored in both texts include interaction with nature, the role of nature in childhood and adulthood, religion and the role of language. These all show the quality and importance of humanity’s relationship with nature and how times

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    Essay Length: 1,795 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: Tommy
  • The Fork of David Hume

    The Fork of David Hume

    The principle that conclusions about what ought to be cannot be deduced from premises stating only what is, is sometimes called Hume’s Law. His employment of another distinction between fundamentally different kinds of position is now often nicknamed Hume’s Fork. It is important to realize in both cases that the point is: not that every statement actually made express some proposition falling unequivocally into one or other of this contrasting categories; but rather that we

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    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: regina
  • Niels Hendrik David Bohr

    Niels Hendrik David Bohr

    Niels Hendrik David Bohr Niels Hendrik David Bohr was one of the foremost scientists of the 20th century. The Nobel prizewinning physicist was known for his development of the theory of atomic fission that led to the development of the atomic bomb. He was born on Oct. 7, 1885, in Copenhagen, Denmark. His father, Christian, was a professor at the University of Copenhagen and his brother, Harold, was a great mathematician. He entered the university

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    Essay Length: 307 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Jack
  • David Berkowitz

    David Berkowitz

    David BerkowitzDuring the 1970’s David Berkowitz aka “The Son of Sam” was one of the most notorious serial killers in New York City. His offenses were the cause of the death of six people, and harm of seven others. His murders became renown because of the peculiar subject matter in the letters that he wrote the police and the media and his motives for relegating the assaults. Berkowitz (born Richard David Falco) was conceived on

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    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Vika
  • King David Hero or Vilian

    King David Hero or Vilian

    King David Hero or Villain University of Southern Indiana Chris Govert Most notable of David’s great accomplishments is the battle between him and Goliath. Common held views of David in this battle described David as a weakling and incapable of defeating the giant Goliath. However, history has revealed this as a farce and that David was more a Goliath than Goliath. David’s rise to power of the Israelite kingdom in 1000 BCE was shrouded in

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    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: Vika
  • Film:analysis: The Life of David Gale

    Film:analysis: The Life of David Gale

    The debate about whether capital punishment should be used has raged incessantly since it was reinstituted in the Democratic United States in 1976. The latest statistics on the death penalty reveal that 71% of Americans favor it for citizens convicted of murder, while 26% oppose it. Although the United States doesn’t lead the world in total numbers of executions per year, it is within the top five. Of all the 38 states that still have

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    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: Steve
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

    Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

    Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were both born in Massachusetts. Emerson was born in Boston in 1803. Thoreau was born in Concord in 1817. Emerson attended Harvard and then became a Unitarian minister just like his father had been. Thoreau also attended Harvard but upon graduating, became a teacher and opened up a school. Both Emerson and Thoreau gave up their careers to pursue Transcendentalist philosophy. Emerson was one of the first to

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    Submitted: April 4, 2010 By: Mike
  • David L. Hall Process and Anarchy - a Taoist Vision of Creativity

    David L. Hall Process and Anarchy - a Taoist Vision of Creativity

    David L. Hall Process and anarchy-A Taoist vision of creativity The Ruler of the Northern Ocean was Shu (Heedless) the Ruler of the Southern Ocean was Hu (Sudden), and the Ruler of the Center was Chaos. Shu and Hu were continually meeting in the land of Chaos, who treated them very well. They consulted together how they might repay his kindness, and said, 'Men all have seven orifices for the purpose of seeing, hearing, eating,

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    Submitted: April 5, 2010 By: Bred
  • Henry David Thoreau

    Henry David Thoreau

    The works of Henry David Thoreau clearly show his belief in transcendentalism. The dictionary defines transcendentalism as any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material. “Walden”, a story that describes Thoreau’s experiences while living on Walden Pond, emphasizes the importance of individuality and self-reliance. Thoreau’s essay, “Civil Disobedience”, advocates the importance of prioritizing one’s principles over the laws of the government. It also criticizes the American social institutions and

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    Essay Length: 1,058 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: April 6, 2010 By: Vika
  • Shine - David Helfgott

    Shine - David Helfgott

    Shine, an award winning film directed by Scott Hicks, depicts the life of musical genius David Helfgott and the challenges and suffering he overcame in his life. Through a variety of film techniques Hicks is able to capture certain aspects of the human condition such as that of isolation, deprivation of freedom and one’s longing to be loved and cared about. Shine is also highly inspirational, illustrating a person’s ability to move forward in life

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    Submitted: April 9, 2010 By: Top
  • David Sculptures

    David Sculptures

    David, who was destined to be the second king of Israel, destroyed the Philistine giant Goliath with stone and a sling. Donatello, Verrocchio, Michelangelo, and Bernini each designed a sculpture of David. However, the sculptures are drastically different from one another. Each one is unique in its own certain way. Donatello, whose David was the first life-size nude statue since Classical times, struck a balance between Classicism and the realism by presenting a very real

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    Submitted: April 10, 2010 By: Fonta
  • David Hume

    David Hume

    David Hume, in An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding, discusses how we cannot predict the future. Even though our experiences and our reasoning tell us that objects act in a predictable way, we still cannot prove how objects will act in the future based upon previous interactions. After biting into a piece of pizza we expect an enjoyable taste. This enjoyable taste is expected because our past experiences have proven this to us. Even though we

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    Submitted: April 18, 2010 By: Mike
  • A Fork in Davids Road.A Story About My Father

    A Fork in Davids Road.A Story About My Father

    Homer Bell Narrative Biographical Mrs. Kahn 12/12/05 David’s Fork In The Road The rain was so intense, the Sacramento River was on the brink of spilling over. The gray clouded sky expressed all that David felt deep in himself. Waiting on the cold table searching the walls for a soothing sight but all that’s found is thermometers, cotton, tongue depressors, and gauze. Someone’s footsteps could be heard in the distance. They seemed like his executioner

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    Submitted: April 18, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Henry David Thoreau

    Henry David Thoreau

    An Analysis of Henry David Thoreau and �Walden’ Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on July 12, 1817. He was born to parents that were very intelligent, yet poor and undistinguished. Despite their struggle with poverty, "their home was a center of affection and vivacity." Thoreau was the third of four children and he showed an early love of nature and was the "scholar" of the family, going on to learn many languages.

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    Submitted: April 20, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Life of David Gale

    The Life of David Gale

    The Life of David Gale “Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their kind” (George Bernard Shaw). There are civilizations and niches of hunters all over the world that believe if you drink the blood of the steer you kill you reach a level of enlightenment that only hunters and those willing to take a life are subject to. If this is true what happens psychologically to

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    Submitted: April 23, 2010 By: Fonta
  • David Hicks

    David Hicks

    David Hicks This "superstar designer" of the 1960's and 1970's was born in March of 1929 in Essex, Great Britain. When he was younger, David Hick's mother encouraged his drawings, theatricals and his many other fantasies. Both his father and his brother died when he was only in his teens, which left him and his mother without much. They had to sell many of their belongings and were forced to move into a smaller home.

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    Submitted: April 26, 2010 By: Mike
  • David Koresh and the Branch Davidians

    David Koresh and the Branch Davidians

    David Koresh and the Branch Davidians In 1993, 80 members of the Branch Davidian sect died when U.S. agents stormed their compound in Waco, Texas. These were led to there death by a charismatic young man, David Koresh, who believed he was a prophet chosen by God. It is very difficult to understand what happened at the Waco siege, and its memories are stuck in the minds of those who were there. The siege was

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    Submitted: April 27, 2010 By: Yan

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