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  • Thomas Stonewall Jackson

    Thomas Stonewall Jackson

    Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson Thomas Jonathan Jackson was born at Clarksburg, West Virginia to parents Jonathan Jackson, an attorney, and Julia Beckwith Neale. They were married in September 1817 and had four children: Elizabeth, Warren, Thomas, and Laura Ann. Jackson's sister Elizabeth, age 6 and his father died of typhoid fever. Julia Jackson gave birth to Laura the day after her husband died. Widowed at age 28, Julia was left with extensive debts and the family

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    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Thomas Stonewall Jackson

    Thomas Stonewall Jackson

    Thomas Stonewall Jackson was born in Clarksburg, Virginia, on January 21, 1824. After graduating 17th in his class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant. He served in the Mexican War and won two brevets. While he was in Mexico, Jackson became a Presbyterian. A friend said that, "He never smoked, he was a strict teetotaler and never touched a card." In 1851, Jackson was recruited to

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    Essay Length: 722 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Mike
  • An Outline of Thomas Hobbes’ Social Contract

    An Outline of Thomas Hobbes’ Social Contract

    Outline Hobbes' theory on the social contract giving details on what he believed was needed to maintain it. I will attempt to answer this question by initially explaining what Hobbes' view on humanity was, since these views were what caused him to write his theory on the social contract, quote part of what he wrote regarding the subject and what it means in layman's terms What Hobbes believed: Thomas Hobbes, a 17th century British philosopher,

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    Essay Length: 1,387 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: David
  • St. Thomas Aquinas

    St. Thomas Aquinas

    St. Thomas Aquinas was born in Rocca Secca in the Kingdom of Naples, around 1225 or 1227. His father, Landulph, was a Count of Aquino, and Theodora, his mother, was the Countess of Teano. His family was related to the Emperors Henry VI and Frederick II, and to the Kings of Argon, Castile, and France. Before his birth a holy hermit foresaw his vocation, telling Theodora, “He will enter the Order of Friars Preachers, and

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    Essay Length: 1,127 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Max
  • The Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

    The Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

    BOOK REPORT The Red Dragon by Thomas Harris Will Graham retired after arresting Hannibal Lecter but the FBI needs his help again to catch an other serial killer. This killer got the nickname the “Tooth Fairy”, he kills entire families at once and afterwards he covers their eyes with bits of a shattered mirror. Graham needs advice of doctor Lecter to catch the Tooth Fairy but he only gives little bits of information that doesn’t

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    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Mike
  • Common Sense and Thomas Paine

    Common Sense and Thomas Paine

    Thomas Paine was born in England to a poor Quaker father and an Anglican mother and left school to work as a corset maker with his father. Later in 1774 he emigrated to the colonies and got a job editing the Pennsylvania Magazine. As tension aroused between England and the colonies, he concluded that the revolt should be aimed not against taxation but for independence. He wrote his comments in a fifty-page pamphlet called

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    Essay Length: 424 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Mike
  • Ibm and the Two Thomas J. Watsons

    Ibm and the Two Thomas J. Watsons

    IBM and the Two Thomas J. Watsons 1920-1950. Thomas J Watson Sr 1950-1971. Thomas J Watson Jr IBM industry leader in mid 1990s, even after serious problems during the 1980s Private companies were reluctant to invest in computer R&D. DOD financed most of the necessary R&D. This allowed the U.S. to take the lead in IT. Two historical developments: tons of data to be filed, sorted and analyzed. Larger role that defense-related industries and US

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Monika
  • The Presidency of Thomas Jefferson

    The Presidency of Thomas Jefferson

    Joe Catanzaro Thomas Jefferson Essay 10.19.2005 The Presidency of Thomas Jefferson The presidency of the United States is more or less considered the premier position of power in the world today. Back in the days when the United States was just a new, developing nation however, it was much more than that. Being president of the United States in those days meant you were the overseer of the very activities that would shape the past

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    Essay Length: 570 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Mike
  • Thomas Hart Benton’s June Morning.

    Thomas Hart Benton’s June Morning.

    I never go anywhere alone. After a depressive Saturday morning I finally crawled out of bed and went to the Cummer Museum. Art is one thing that I don't understand. How people can find deeper meanings from paint on a canvas is Japanese to me. When I look at a painting I see exactly what is being shown and nothing more. There is no deeper meaning evident. Being at this museum cranky and solo trying

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: regina
  • A Male Feminist: Hardy’s Portrayal of When Rosemarie Morgan Claims, "hardy’s Women ...Must Have Confused Many Readers Caught with Mixed Feelings of Admiration and Alarm," (morgan, Women and Sexuality in the Novels of Thomas Hardy Xiii) She Brings Forw

    A Male Feminist: Hardy’s Portrayal of When Rosemarie Morgan Claims, "hardy’s Women ...Must Have Confused Many Readers Caught with Mixed Feelings of Admiration and Alarm," (morgan, Women and Sexuality in the Novels of Thomas Hardy Xiii) She Brings Forw

    When Rosemarie Morgan claims, "Hardy's women ... must have confused many readers caught with mixed feelings of admiration and alarm," (Morgan, Women and Sexuality in the Novels of Thomas Hardy xiii) she brings forward a duality of reaction which reflects Hardyan heroines' characters. The confusion she refers to can be understood within the novels' historical contexts, as these female protagonists were most likely to have been quite unusual at the time of their creation. Concomitantly,

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    Essay Length: 1,100 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Tasha
  • George Washington and Thomas Jefferson

    George Washington and Thomas Jefferson

    George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were two important men who affected our nations independence and the beginning years of our country. They helped form this nation into a free and sovereign country. Yet, they were different in many aspects they shared a few common features. Both Washington and Jefferson grew up in the southern state of Virginia and like most owned land to grow and harvest crops. In growing up they came from two different

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    Essay Length: 354 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Top
  • John Locke Vs. Thomas Hobbes

    John Locke Vs. Thomas Hobbes

    Thomas Hobbes and John Locke are two political philosophers who are famous for their theories about the formation of the society and discussing man in his natural state. Their theories are both psychologically insightful, but in nature, they are drastically different. Although they lived in the same timeframe, their ideas were derived from different events happening during this time. Hobbes drew his ideas on man from observation, during a time of civil strife in Europe

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Monika
  • Do Not Go Gentle into That Goodnight by Dylan Thomas

    Do Not Go Gentle into That Goodnight by Dylan Thomas

    Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night - Dylan Thomas [1914-1953] Relevant Background Dylan Thomas was born at home in Swansea, Wales in 1914. His parents were middle class. His father was a schoolmaster in English at the local grammar school. Dylan Thomas was anxious in himself as a child and sometimes unwell. He was often absent from school and dropped out at sixteen. He preferred to read on his own. He did very

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    Essay Length: 1,397 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Max
  • Economics and Poetry - Cotton and Corn: A Dialogue” by Thomas Moore

    Economics and Poetry - Cotton and Corn: A Dialogue” by Thomas Moore

    What really makes economics and society flow nicely together? Economics can be described as the social science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Society is described as the social relationships among us. The answer is always changing as well as the economical and sociological thoughts behind it as well. This paper will relay a couple economic views from the poem “Cotton And Corn: A Dialogue” by Thomas Moore

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    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Thomas Harris

    Thomas Harris

    Thomas Harris From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Thomas Harris. Thomas Harris (born 1940 in Jackson, Tennessee) is an author, most famous for his book The Silence of the Lambs, which was made into a motion picture starring Jodie Foster as trainee FBI agent Clarice Starling and Anthony Hopkins in an Oscar-winning portrayal of psychopathic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter. The book and successive movie is the sequel to the book Red

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    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: July
  • Chartism by Thomas Carlyle

    Chartism by Thomas Carlyle

    Chartism by Thomas Carlyle focuses on the problem of working class. Chartism movement itself is not its main theme instead it focuses on all the political decisions taken place in 1930s. among them new poor law and Chartism are the most prominent movements. Its importance lies in the fact that it not only put forward the major issue of human suffering but also demands immediate action. The attitude of Carlyle himself towards working class

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    Essay Length: 454 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Mike
  • To Sir with Love: Discourses, Positions and Relationships

    To Sir with Love: Discourses, Positions and Relationships

    Research Paper Identify and discuss professional issues in education evident in a film or a piece of young people’s literature in which a teacher plays a fairly cental role. This essay will critically analyse the discourses, positions and relationships, as well as certain individuals habitus’ (after Bourdieu and Wacquant, 1992, cited in Gale & Densmore, 2000), which influence the classroom of Mark Thackeray (Sidney Potier) in the film To Sir with Love (Clavell, 1966). Via

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    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Artur
  • Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

    Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

    The novel Red Dragon by author Thomas Harris has 454 pages and I have divided them into 4 sections. The first section of this book will be 113 pages long and consist of exactly 10 chapters. The summary of the first ten chapters is the following. The story starts off as we meet the man called Hannibal Lecter for the very first time. Hannibal’s occupation is his passion and also what he’s best at, psychiatry.

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    Essay Length: 1,713 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Yan
  • Beowulf and Sir Gawain as True Heroes

    Beowulf and Sir Gawain as True Heroes

    Literature often evolves over the course of time. But one common aspect of literature comes when a writer tries to define his hero though his writing. A universal definition of hero has come into existence, where a hero is defined as a person with heroic characteristics and courage, as well as someone who exhibits heroic conduct and behavior. While that may sound vague, it is easy to find examples of heroes throughout literature. In the

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    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Thomas Hobbes

    Thomas Hobbes

    The 17th Century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes is now widely regarded as one of the most extraordinary political philosophers, whose political masterpiece Leviathan rivals in significance the political writings of Plato, Aristotle, Locke, and Kant all in which we’ve discussed in class. Hobbes is famous for his early and elaborate development of what has come to be known as “social contract theory”, the method of justifying political principles or arrangements by appeal to the agreement

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    Essay Length: 523 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Mike
  • Thomas Robert Malthus

    Thomas Robert Malthus

    Thomas Robert Malthus was born in 1766 in Dorking, just south of London to Daniel and Henrietta Malthus. Malthus was of a prosperous family. He was the second son of Daniel Malthus, a supporter of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and David Hume. He had seven siblings, one brother and six sisters. At a young age, Malthus was impressed and greatly influenced by the ideas of Rousseau and Hume. His father, along with various tutors, educated him before

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    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Sir Winston Churchill

    Sir Winston Churchill

    SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL (1874-1965), British leader. English on his father's side, American on his mother's, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill embodied and expressed the double vitality and the national qualities of both peoples. His names testify to the richness of his historic inheritance: Winston, after the Royalist family with whom the Churchills married before the English Civil War; Leonard, after his remarkable grandfather, Leonard Jerome of New York; Spencer, the married name of a daughter

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    Essay Length: 3,427 Words / 14 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Jon
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), third president of the United States (1801-1809) and author of the Declaration of Independence. He was one of the most brilliant individuals in history. His interests were boundless, and his accomplishments were great and varied. He was a philosopher, educator, naturalist, politician, scientist, architect, inventor, pioneer in scientific farming, musician, and writer, and he was the foremost spokesman for democracy of his day. As president, Jefferson strengthened the powers of the executive

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    Essay Length: 543 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Max
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Christianity

    Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Christianity

    Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: As one goes through life they are both outwardly and inwardly affected by their religious beliefs and code of conduct. The code of chivalry and courtly love was based on ones honor, and the keeping of it. This can be done by three ways, being chivalrous to your king, being chivalrous to god, or being chivalrous to women. These three things are also a general fit to Christianity. These

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Yan
  • Donald Miller Vs Thomas Merton

    Donald Miller Vs Thomas Merton

    Within the Christian tradition, followers of Jesus have traditionally maintained that they have a personal and understandable relationship with God. They seek to develop this relationship and to more closely know their God, whom they view as being personable and approachable. In order to develop this relationship, Christians have searched for thousands of years to recognize the proper course of daily action to live a life pleasing to God. Part of this proper course of

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    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Jon

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