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  • Interview with Thomas Paine: Rights of Man

    Interview with Thomas Paine: Rights of Man

    Rights of Man Interview with Thomas Paine Q: What inspired you to write this book? A: Well, it was basically just a response to Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke. Also, it states how all humans are equal and have a right to be free and have liberty. Q: What kinds of points were you trying to make in Right of Man? A: First, all men are, and always will be, free.

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    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: Victor
  • A Compare and Contrast of Thomas Moore’s Utopia and Machiavelli's the Prince

    A Compare and Contrast of Thomas Moore’s Utopia and Machiavelli's the Prince

    Just vs. Viable To be just is to be fair and honorable. Kids are taught that if you are kind and just you will excel and be successful. But life’s not fair and being just doesn’t necessary mean that a society will stand the test of time and be able to grow. The two different societies introduced in More’s Utopia and Machiavelli’s The Prince are very different and although More’s Utopian society would be considered

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    Essay Length: 953 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: Janna
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson Our founding fathers were great people who were responsible for the freedom we enjoy today. Although our founding fathers were great men they were not always ethical. Thomas Jefferson, a lawyer from Virginia, was one the founding members. Jefferson was a notable political leader in the state of Virginia when he was elected to the Continental Congress. There he would write the Declaration of Independence and mentor a young James Madison. Jefferson was

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    Essay Length: 296 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: Jack
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson

    In the thick of party conflict in 1800, Thomas Jefferson wrote in a private letter, "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." This powerful advocate of liberty was born in 1743 in Albermarle County, Virginia, inheriting from his father, a planter and surveyor, some 5,000 acres of land, and from his mother, a Randolph, high social standing. He studied at the College

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    Essay Length: 531 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: Jon
  • Dave Thomas: An American Philantropist

    Dave Thomas: An American Philantropist

    Dave Thomas Dave Thomas was an All American philanthropist as well as a most successful business man. Thomas was the founder and CEO of Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers, which became popular for its square patties. He is also known for personally appearing in eight hundred television commercials for the chain from 1989 to 2002, more than any other person not just in the fast food industry but in television history (Newsweek 1). He created such

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    Essay Length: 1,118 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Jon
  • Dylan Thomas

    Dylan Thomas

    Dylan Thomas was born in October 1914 in Uplands, Swansea, where he grew up. His father, David John Thomas, had taken his degree at University College Aberystwyth and obtained a First in English, which he taught at Swansea Grammar School. His pupils found him quick tempered and intimidating, but he had a beautiful, sonorous voice for reading aloud, which his son inherited. Thomas' mother, Florence Hannah Williams, had been a seamstress before her marriage.

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Common Sense Was Written by Thomas Paine

    Common Sense Was Written by Thomas Paine

    "Common Sense" was written by Thomas Paine in 1776 after he quickly sided with the colonists in their controversy with Britain. The pamphlet delves into the understanding of the difference between society and government. Paine is considered to be one of the "founding fathers" of America, having a large impact on the American Revolution. His work also included writings about Deism and the French Revolution. Common Sense focuses mainly on the distinctions between society and

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Thomas Hobbes Leviathan

    Thomas Hobbes Leviathan

    CHAPTER VI OF THE INTERIOR BEGINNINGS OF VOLUNTARY MOTIONS, COMMONLY CALLED THE PASSIONS; AND THE SPEECHES BY WHICH THEY ARE EXPRESSED THERE be in animals two sorts of motions peculiar to them: One called vital, begun in generation, and continued without interruption through their whole life; such as are the course of the blood, the pulse, the breathing, the concoction, nutrition, excretion, etc.; to which motions there needs no help of imagination: the other is

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    Essay Length: 3,563 Words / 15 Pages
    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Edward
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was born in Shadwell Virginia on April 13, 1743. He was the third child out of six sisters and one brother. He did have two other brothers but they both died in infancy . His father was Peter Jefferson and died when he was only fourteen. His mother was Jane Randolph Jefferson. After his father died, he became the head of the household and inherited 2,500 acres of land and at

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    Submitted: January 4, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson

    "We are all republicans -- we are all federalists," Thomas Jefferson told the American people in his first inaugural address. A "President above Parties" who believed factionalism jeopardized the safety and security of republican government, Jefferson was here setting forth the common principles shared by all patriotic Americans. Jefferson's election -- the "Revolution of 1800" -- would, he confidently predicted, put an end to the frenzied, hysterical party struggles in the 1790s. Moderate Federalists who

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    Submitted: January 4, 2010 By: Jon
  • The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower by Dylan Thomas

    The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower by Dylan Thomas

    The presence of nature in the poem “The Force that through the green fuse drives the flower,” by Dylan Thomas, and the book Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya, is a theme found difficult for both authors to define. The complexity of the forces that control nature and weather and even our very lives lead us through their analyses of its effect on human nature. The presence of the river and the force that drives

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    Submitted: January 6, 2010 By: Edward
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson is remembered in history not only for the offices he held, but also for his belief in the natural rights of man as expressed in the Declaration of Independence and his faith in the people’s ability to govern themselves. He left an impact on his times equaled by few others in American history. Born on April 13, 1743, Jefferson was the third child in the family and grew up with six

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    Submitted: January 7, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Biography of Thomas Jefferson

    Biography of Thomas Jefferson

    President - first term Jefferson and his running mate Aaron Burr defeated John Adams in the elections of 1800. Jefferson's own title to the presidency was not established for some weeks because he was tied with his running mate under the workings of the original electoral system. The election was thrown into the House of Representatives. The Federalists voted for Burr through many indecisive ballots. Finally, enough of them abstained to permit the obvious will

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    Submitted: January 8, 2010 By: Steve
  • Thomas Keneally's Schindler's List

    Thomas Keneally's Schindler's List

    Thomas Keneally's Schindler's List is the historical account of Oskar Schindler and his heroic actions in the midst of the horrors of World War II Poland. Schindler's List recounts the life of Oskar Schindler, and how he comes to Poland in search of material wealth but leaves having saved the lives of over 1100 Jews who would most certainly have perished. The novel focuses on how Schindler comes to the realization that concentration and forced

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    Submitted: January 11, 2010 By: Jon
  • Life of Thomas Jefferson

    Life of Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson was drafted to write the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Soon after, in 1779, Thomas was elected governor, which he served for two years. He suffered an inquiry into his conduct during his last year in office that although finally fully repudiated, left him with a life long pricklishness in the face of criticism. In 1784, he re-entered public services. First as a trades commissioner and then as Benjamin Franklin’s successor as a

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    Submitted: January 11, 2010 By: Mike
  • St. Thomas Aquinas, Nietzche

    St. Thomas Aquinas, Nietzche

    One of St. Thomas Aquinas' arguments for the existence of God is the Teleological Argument. This argument is known as the "Argument from Design," as it attempts to prove God's existence through the belief that since there is evidence of design in the universe, there must have been a designer. Another point to further the argument is that brute nature cannot be a designer due to mechanistic materialism, which does not assume any plan or

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Mike
  • Dylan Thomas’ Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

    Dylan Thomas’ Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

    Dylan Thomas is considered one of the greatest poets of the 20th Century. During a time when most poets chose to write about social or political issues of the day, Thomas instead chose to write about his own passionate emotions and thoughts. One of his most well known poems is “Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night” (Wikipedia). The poem is a passionate cry to his father, who has become weak and blind in

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Mike
  • Thomas Jefferson and Philosophical Consistency

    Thomas Jefferson and Philosophical Consistency

    In the years prior to Thomas Jefferson’s presidency, he was a very vocal critic of a centralized federal government and he was an avid follower of the constitution, yet once he became Commander in Chief he changed his tune towards these issues. The three largest contradictions that stand out amongst his actions were his war with the Barbary pirates, using restrictive economic policies to achieve his goals, and his acquiring of Louisiana. Although these

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Thomas Jefferson: His Presidential Legacy

    Thomas Jefferson: His Presidential Legacy

    Thomas Jefferson, our third president, was born in 1743 in Virginia. He studied at William and Mary and then read the law. In 1772, he married a widow lady, Martha Skelton and he took her to live at his partially completed home at Monticello, the plantation consisting of approximately 5,000 acres that he inherited from his father. Mr. Jefferson was considered to be a gifted writer, but he was not a public speaker. He wrote

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Bred
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson

    Jefferson was born at Shadwell in Albemarle county, Virginia, on april 13, 1743. His father, Peter Jefferson and his mother Jane Randolph were members of the most famous Virginia families. Besides being well born, Thomas Jefferson, was well educated. He attended the College of William and Mary and read law (1762-1767) with George Wythe, the greatest law teacher of his generation in Virginia. He was admitted to the bar in 1767 and practiced until 1774,

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Yan
  • Thomas Hardy’s "a Trampwoman’s Tragedy" and Lord Byron’s "when We Two Parted"

    Thomas Hardy’s "a Trampwoman’s Tragedy" and Lord Byron’s "when We Two Parted"

    Lord Byron's "When we two parted" and Thomas Hardy's "A Trampwoman's Tragedy" have in common a lover's regret for love lost. However, the main narrators in these poems are very different and the circumstances in their poems show a lot about the difference that social class and gender make in the love lives seen in "When we two parted" and "A Trampwoman's Tragedy". Looking at the tone, narrator gender, and setting of these poems the

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson was not the great man every one made him out to be. He raped his slaves. He beat them, and hung them if he didn't like them. All history teachers try to act like he loved black people and tried to help free them, but that's a lie. He did not include black people in the Amancipation. He did not consider black people as humans. So, why must we as Americans celebrate this

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Steve
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson

    Although Thomas Jefferson publicly and privately expressed his disagreement with the practice of slavery, how he really felt is open to debate. Theoretically, Thomas Jefferson was open to the abolishment of slavery, yet through his actions he communicated the exact opposite. Dumas Malone and William Cohen express this discrepancy extensively. Dumas Malone emphasizes the contradiction that Jefferson observed in human nature and in his native society. Thomas Jefferson was one of the first people

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Jon
  • Thomas Aquinas on Transubstantiation

    Thomas Aquinas on Transubstantiation

    Thomas Aquinas on Transubstantiation Before Thomas Aquinas died he was writing the Summa Theologian, which was regarded as one of the greatest works of medieval theology. Although he didn’t finish he made 4 very interesting arguments about Transubstantiation. He asked whether the substance of bread and wine remain in this sacrament after consecration, whether the substance of bread or wine is annihilated after the consecration of this sacrament, whether bread can be changed into the

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: regina
  • Thomas Edison

    Thomas Edison

    Edison, Thomas Alva, American inventor, whose development of a practical electric light bulb, electric generating system, sound-recording device, and motion picture projector had profound effects on the shaping of modern society. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11, 1847. He attended school for only three months, in Port Huron, Michigan. When he was 12 years old he began selling newspapers on the Grand Trunk Railway, devoting his spare time mainly to experimentation with

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    Submitted: January 31, 2010 By: Mike

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