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Jane Addams
Number of words: 298 - Number of pages: 2

.... Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University. was born in Cedarville, Illinois, and graduated from Rockford College. She began the Study of medicine but her health broke down, and for two years she was an invalid. During several years of unhappy indecision she found her purpose when she visited Toynbee Hall, a social settlement in London. In 1889 and Ellen Gates Starr moved into the Hull House mansion, located in one of the worst slum communities of Chicago. The two women held classes for immigrates, tended the sick, cared for babies, and provided a community center, coffee shop, art gallery, theate .....


James Buchanan
Number of words: 675 - Number of pages: 3

.... lawyer. He made more than 11,000 a year. James became a canidate for the Pennsylavania legislature in 1814. But the war of 1812 was growing fast. The British Had just burned down Washingto D.C. James volunteered to serve his country so he joined a calvary company. Buchanan returned for the election and won a seat in legislature in 1814. He served another term and returnd to Lancaster. James Buchanan became a popular person in Lancaster and was invited to many partys and dinners. At one party he met a girl named Ann Coleman. They later got engaged. I .....


Al Capone
Number of words: 1487 - Number of pages: 6

.... who had enough money to live by them. While in the “Bim Booms” gang, Capone was taught how to defend himself with a knife, and with a gun. By the time Capone reached the sixth grade he had already become a street brawler. Capone never responded well to authority and for this very reason his schooling would soon come to an end. While attending school, Capone was responsible for beating a female teacher and knocking her to the ground. The principal of the school rushed in and punished young Capone and for this very reason he would never return to school again .....


Sacraments According To St. Th
Number of words: 1236 - Number of pages: 5

.... by sin6. Baptism confers spiritual life and is intended to remedy against original sin. As a man grows in his spiritual walk with God he needs to be strengthened, whereby, confirmation by the Holy Spirit is given to strengthen man during his walk with God. To maintain a strong relationship with God nourishment is needed, which is Eucharist or communion. The fourth sacrament is penance, which is ordained against mortal sins committed after baptism. Extreme unction or a prayer finally combats venial sin for a critically ill or injured person. The sacrament .....


William Faulkner
Number of words: 1226 - Number of pages: 5

.... much like the main character in the story, Abner. Both Abner and the fire are uncontrollable and destroy anything in its way, having respect for nothing. Sarty, Abner’s son, dislikes what his father does out of acts of hate and tries to stop it (Faulkner “Barn” 23). He attempts to put out the “fire” inside his father. He is sick of his family’s way of life and is ready for a change no matter what it takes, even if it means going against his own blood. No matter what is done, they can not stop Abner from lashing out and bu .....


Shannon Lucid
Number of words: 656 - Number of pages: 3

.... In regard to her dream she said, "the Baptists wouldn't let women preach, so I had to become an astronaut to get closer to God than my father." By this time America already had a space program. She could not believe that of the first seven Mercury astronauts, none were females. This is just one more instance she complained of discrimination of women in traditionally male held occupations. She experienced the same thing when she tried unsuccessfully to become a commercial pilot. So from Ś66-'68 she worked at Kerr-Mcgee Corp. as a chemist. This is also .....


Thomas Jefferson: The Man, The
Number of words: 751 - Number of pages: 3

.... and reflects the pervasive presentism of our time. Consider, for example, how different the question appears when inverted and framed in more historical terms: How did a man who was born into a slave holding society, whose family and admired friends owned slaves, who inherited a fortune that was dependent on slaves and slave labor, decide at an early age that slavery was morally wrong and forcefully declare that it ought to be abolished?" (Wilson 66). Wilson also argues that Jefferson knew that his slaves would be better off working for him than freed in .....


Robert Frost - The Road Not Taken
Number of words: 791 - Number of pages: 3

.... lies in the knowledge that in one lifetime, it is impossible to travel down every path. In an attempt to make a decision, the traveler "looks down one as far as I could". The road that will be chosen leads to the unknown, as does any choice in life. As much he may strain his eyes to see as far the road stretches, eventually it surpasses his vision and he can never see where it is going to lead. It is the way that he chooses here that sets him off on his journey and decides where he is going. "Then took the other, just as fair, and having perhaps the better cl .....



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