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National Honors Society Ideal Of Leadership Team
512 words
This is the essay that got me into the National
Honors Society and it was based on leadership
skills. I took out some details and others can
fill in the appropriate details "But of a good
leader, who talks little: when his work is done,
his arm fulfilled, they will say Our work is done.
" -Lao Tse One of the standards of the National
Honors Society is that of leadership. Members are
expected not only to strive to improve their
social environment, but act as a role model, and
influence his or her...
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Sold Into Slavery Roman Empire
988 words
Slavery has been around since the beginning of
man. It took place in the Old Testament and in
Babylon in the 18 th Century BC. It has not always
been the same. It has changed dramatically. All of
the slavery around the world in ancient times
influenced and became slavery in the United
States. In ancient times slavery was very
different. The slaves were treated in a very
different manner. They actually had some certain
rights. They had a right to engage in business and
to acquire property. They c...
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Grand Inquisitor Eighteenth Century
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Europe and frontier South America; mid-eighteenth
century Pangloss, Candide's tutor and philosopher
friend Cunegonde, the beautiful daughter of a
baron Cacambo, Candide's servant and companion
Martin, a later traveling companion Candide, the
illegitimate son of a Baron's sister, was sent to
live with the Baron at his beautiful castle in
Westphalia. The Baroness weighed about three
hundred and fifty pounds, as therefore greatly
respected, and did the honors of the house it had
dignity which rende...
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Traditions No Rocks Candid And Impartial Life
693 words
Melville concerns himself with making a study of
the defects of characters. In Moby Dick, each
character has his own defect Starbuck is too
conservative; he lacks the forthrightness to
execute his proper and well-developed moral
principles. Study is too indifferent to what makes
itself plain to him as evil. Flask lacks any moral
sense and feeds on the excitements life has to
offer. Billy Budd centers even more clearly on the
distinctive ways in which defects spoil characters
as they act in the w...
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Lawrence River American Colonies
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The fall of Quebec was a turning point in Canadian
history, changing it from a French colony to a
British colony. Had this battle gone the other
way, English might be the second language, not
French. The battle of Quebec was one of many
battles during the Seven Year War. They called it
the Maritime War. It was officially declared in
May 1756. Britain and Prussia were on one side and
France, Spain, and Austria on the other. The war
moved across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe
because the French an...
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Submarines In The Revolutionary And Civil Wars
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The Trident Submarine houses twenty-four nuclear
warheads with each having a range of 4, 600 miles
over land. If a nuclear war were to break out
between the Soviet Union and the United States,
virtually every major city could be destroyed in a
matter of hours. The origin of these major players
in modern day warfare lies in the Revolutionary
and Civil Wars. A Dutchman named Cornelius Van
Drebbel, made the very first submarine in 1652, to
fight the mighty Spanish ship called the Rotterdam
Boat. It...
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Hugh Auld Frederick Douglass
846 words
Frederick Douglass was born with no possessions,
not even himself. He knew of his mother and
siblings, but was never allowed to form a
relationship with any of them. A white man named
Captain Anthony, who is assumed to be Douglass'
father, owned his mother as a slave. The
circumstances under which Douglas was born offered
him absolutely no money, no social influence and
no political power. Lives of slaves were cruel:
they received little or no food, little clothing,
and no place to sleep, as wel...
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Central Intelligence Agency Science And Technology
650 words
The main purpose of the CIA is to collect and
analyze foreign intelligence information essential
to the United States security (Central
Intelligence Agency 254). The CIA also unifies the
activities of other important agencies in the
intelligence community such as the Defense
Intelligence Agency and the National Security
Agency (254). The duties of the Central
Intelligence Agency are numerous: engaging in
research in military, scientific, and political
fields, conducting counterintelligence activ...
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Moby Dick Killing Moby
651 words
The novel Moby Dick is the story of how Ishmael
the narrator came to set sail on a fateful whaling
voyage. He travels to Nantucket, where he visits
the docks to find a ship; he discovers the Pequod.
As Ishmael and his friend Queequeg make their way
to board the ship, they meet a haggard looking,
wild-eyed man who calls himself Elijah. He warns
them against sailing with the Pequod, and hints
that there might be something to fear about their
mysterious captain, Ahab. Although Ishmael has not
yet m...
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Fallen Angels By Walter Dean Myers
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Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers Dedicated to
his older brother, whom the author of Fallen
Angels - Walter Dean Myers lost during Vietnam
conflict, this books narrates the story of the out
of school graduate from Harlem, seventeen year old
Richie Perry. Richie's father has left little
Richie with his brother and alcoholic mother a
long time ago, and having nothing to be looking
for at the dead-end streets of Harlem Richie
decides to join US Army campaign in Vietnam. The
goal is rather simple: ...
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War For Independence War In Iraq
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... 16 th Maine. Smalls complete prison diary is
attached to the book. The facts and opinions
recorded by the author have been edited by his
son. Amber R. Small joined the 3 rd Maine as a
corporal at the beginning of the war and saw
action at First Bull Run. After being sent back to
Maine on recruiting duty, Small was appointed
lieutenant and adjutant of the new Sixteenth Maine
Volunteers. He served in this unit till the end of
the war. Even though Small missed the battles of
Second Bull Run and...
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Sir Toby Sir Andrew
568 words
The theme of deception runs very strong in Act
One. Almost all the characters seem to either be
deceiving someone, or being deceived themselves.
Orsino is the first deceiver we meet. He is also
being deceived, by himself. He is fooling himself
by believing that he only has to tell a woman he
loves her, and she will fall in love with him. He
is in love with the idea of love itself. He is so
infatuated with love, he makes parallels about
love. He says it is that same as music and
flowers. He then ...
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Robber Barons Gilded Age
996 words
To what extent was it justified to characterize
the industrial leaders of the 19 th century as
either robber barons or industrial statesmen? The
Gilded Age was a century marked as having
capitalism, corruption, and crude displays of
wealth. The owners of the large companies put on
the crude displays of wealth. Although some of the
business owners wanted the workers to get
rightfully paid for their labor. The following
will explain how business leaders either thought
too much of their own money t...
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Lookout Tower Lifeboats Began People
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I. The sinking of the Titanic was a horrible
tragedy that killed many people II. The making of
the Titanic A. Built in Ireland B. Built by
Harland 038; Wolff Shipbuilding III. About the
ship A. 882 feet long B. Weighed 45, 000 tons C.
Owned by White Star Line D. Had first, second, or
third class tickets E. 860 crew members aboard F.
Captain was E. J. Smith G. 2, 200 passengers
aboard H. Only had enough lifeboats for about half
the people IV. Setting sail A. Took off from
England B. Headed for...
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Frederick Douglass Fugitive Slave
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FREDERICK DOUGLASS Frederick Douglass was born
into slavery in 1817, in Tuckahoe, Maryland.
Because his slave mother, Harriet Bailey, used to
call him her little valentine, he adopted February
14 th as his birthday, not knowing the exact date
of his birth. He knew very little about his mother
since she was employed as a field hand on a
plantation some twelve miles away, and she died
when he was eight or nine years old. Douglass knew
even less about his father, but it was rumored
that he was the ...
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Confederate Soldiers Mississippi River
802 words
This is a story about an African-American woman
who died when she was 110 years old. My story will
tell about how one woman went from a slave named
Ticey to a legend by the name of Jane Pitman. A
slave girl named Ticey was going about her normal
everyday duties when she heard the sound of slow,
tired horse hooves coming down the path of the
plantation she lived on. Then she saw them.
Through all the cuts, bruises and battle wounds
she could tell they were the Confederate soldiers.
Her master saw...
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Jaques Cousteau Juan Ponce Named
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Jaques Cousteau Jaques Cousteau was born June 11,
1910 in France. His father Daniel, a lawyer worked
for Eugene Higgins. His mother Elizabeth looked
after him andes brother Pierre. Jaques Cousteau
loved the water. As a child, he would place his
hands inthe water to feel the current over his
fingers. Unlike other children, young Jaques could
not play in the ocean or run along the beaches
because he warwick. Jaques had to remain inactive
to stay healthy. At age 7, Jaques turned tothe
world of book...
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Joan Of Arc Charles Vii
700 words
Joan of Arc Jeanne d Arc, or La Pucelle, the Maid
of Orleans became a national heroine and patron
saint of France in the fifteenth century. She was
born to Isabelle de Vouthon and Jacques Arc, small
peasant farmers in the town of Domremy, near
Champagne. She was the youngest of five children,
and grew up learning to attend in the fields and
housekeeping duties. She was quite skilled in
sewing and spinning. Although illiterate, Joan was
taught about religion and was known to be a pious
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King Solomons Nineteenth Century
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Analysis of King Solomons Mines undertone of
Sexism During the nineteenth century, women were
viewed as inferior to men. Men also saw women as
prizes as well as possessions. We can see this
undertone in the book King Solomons Mines by H.
Rider Haggard. Here, the writer uses Lyn Pykett's
essay Gender, Degeneration, Renovation: Some
Contexts of the Modern as the backbone for the
comparison and discussion. As Allen Quartermain
and company gets closer and closer to the
diamonds, the description of t...
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Moby Dick Ahab
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Moby Dick Innocent or Evil? By Kevin Cook Can the
lust for revenge, wealth, or power be so strong in
a person that they become so enthralled by this
lust that they become a madman? This question
could not be more fully answered, nor better
demonstrated by the behavior of the captain of the
whaling ship, ? The Peqoud? , in Herman Melville?
s book, Moby Dick. Captain Ahab becomes so
obsessed with killing the whale, Moby Dick, that
he becomes utterly insane with tracking it down.
The baneful mind, ...
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