...A country is a special place for people, and those people should be willing to fight for it. The poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, truly encourages people to fight for their country. It does this by including words about courage and war and depicting Paul Revere rallying up all Americans to fight against their common enemy, the British. The author also uses symbolism to reveal to the reader the purpose of the poem. The poem is about Paul Revere’s famous ride, Paul Revere was a patriot famously known for his horseback ride that was pivotal to the United State’s victory in the American Revolution. I chose this poem because Paul Revere plays an important role in U.S history and I am strongly interested in U.S history. The...
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...To begin with, Paul Revere was an American silversmith and a patriot. He was also an ardent colonialist. Paul was known for his bravery in protecting the safety of others. He was concerned for others safety and was was not a self centered coward. He was one of the few living witnesses to hear the first shots of of the American Revolutionary War. Revere is also known for his propaganda sketch of Boston Massacre of 1770 that helped rally the colonist behind the Revolution. In the past, he went to North Writing school in his childhood. At age twelve, he learned silversmithing from his father. He moved to Boston at the age of thirteen and was apprenticed to the silversmith, John Coney. He was an early member of the Sons of Liberty and took part in the Boston Tea Party. Revere affected the colonists by making his midnight ride to Lexington and Concord to warn the colonists that the British arrived from Boston, “The British are coming.”...
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...Rufus Dawes was a civil war officer and congressman. Rufus also had four kids that were all high influence in government. One of the kids includes Charles D. Dawes that served as Vice President of United States under Calvin Coolidge. Dawes was a part of the group called The Sons of Liberty. This group was an organization of American colonists. This private society was formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation enforced by the British government. They played a major role in all of the colonies, and a major role in battling the Stamp Act in 1765. The Sons of Liberty was created in the thirteen American colonies. William Dawes made a huge impact on our history such as his night ride to warn the minutemen, his service in war such as his Lexington Concord, and his work with the Sons of Liberty. Dawes soon died unexpectedly on February 25th 1799 in Marborough, Massachusetts. He as buried in the Kings Chapel Burial Ground in Boston,...
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...This paper will go in detail on John Hancock’s early life and all of his accomplishments and victories. He’s known for his role in the winning of the American Revolution against Great Britain, signing the Declaration of Independence, and also was a governor of Massachusetts (History). Although he may not be as well known as Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, he too played a big role in shaping the United States we know today. Hancock was born in Braintree, Massachusetts which now is known as Quincy on January 23rd, 1737. He was taken care by his aunt Lydia Henchman and uncle Thomas Hancock in their Boston mansion when his father Reverend Hancock died when John was only a boy (History). In 1754, John Graduated at 17 years old from Harvard...
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...Caesar Rodney. Not many Americans know a personage by that name, but all should. He saved the Declaration of Independence from being discarded or changed due to ununanimity in the states. Many more would recognize his name if his midnight ride made in the pages of poetry books with Paul Revere’s as well. However, his personage, along with his horse, were featured on the Delaware state quarter. Even on the quarter, if glanced at quickly, one still might wonder why it does not name him as Paul Revere. Sadly, one of America’s greatest patriots has largely gone unnoticed, even though he eventually gave the ultimate sacrifice. To begin, Caesar Rodney’s early life set the stage for the rest of his life. He was born at his father’s farm near Dover, Delaware on October 7, 1728. Although sources disagree on his education, it appears that he was homeschooled, and he may have studied at a Latin school in Philadelphia. In addition, he also trained as a lawyer. His father died when he was seventeen, and since he was the eldest of eight children, it fell to him to protect his siblings and mother, and he had to run his father’s plantation. It is most likely that Caesar was a Christian, because his maternal grandfather was the first missionary from Scotland sent from “the Society for the propagation of...
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...An Analysis of Longfellow's A Psalm of Life Henry Wadsworth Longfellow begins his poem "A Psalm of Life" with the same exuberance and enthusiasm that continues through most of the poem. He begs in the first stanza to be told "not in mournful numbers" about life. He states here that life doesn't abruptly end when one dies; rather, it extends into another after life. Longfellow values this dream of the afterlife immensely and seems to say that life can only be lived truly if one believes that the soul will continue to live long after the body dies. The second stanza continues with the same belief in afterlife that is present in the first. Longfellow states this clearly when he writes, "And the grave is not its goal." Meaning that, life doesn't end for people simply because they die; there is always something more to be hopeful and optimistic for. Longfellow begins discussing how humans must live their lives in constant anticipation for the next day under the belief that it will be better than each day before it: "But to act that each to-morrow / Find us farther than to-day." In the subsequent stanza, Longfellow asserts that there is never an infinite amount of time to live, but art that is created during one's life can be preserved indefinitely and live on long after its creator dies. In the following stanzas, Longfellow likens living in the world to fighting on a huge field of battle. He believes that people should lead heroic and courageous lives and not sit idle and remain...
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...Outliers THE S T O R Y OF S U C C E S S MALCOLM G LAD W E L L # 1 bestselling author of The Tipping Point and Blink $27.99 $ 3 0 . 9 9 in C a n a d a Why d o s o m e p e o p l e succeed far more than others? T h e r e is a story that is usually told a b o u t extremely successful p e o p l e , a story that focuses o n intelligence a n d ambition. In Outliers Malcolm Gladwell a r g u e s that the true story o f s u c c e s s is very different, a n d that if we want to u n d e r s t a n d h o w s o m e p e o p l e thrive, we s h o u l d s p e n d m o r e time l o o k i n g around them — at s u c h things as their family, their birthplace, or even their birth d a t e . T h e story o f s u c c e s s is m o r e c o m p l e x — a n d a lot m o r e interesting — than it initially a p p e a r s . Outliers e x p l a i n s w h a t the B e a t l e s a n d Bill G a t e s have in c o m m o n , the e x t r a o r d i n a r y s u c c e s s o f A s i a n s at m a t h , the h i d d e n a d v a n t a g e s o f star athletes, why all t o p N e w York lawyers have the s a m e r é s u m é , a n d the r e a s o n y o u ' v e never h e a r d o f the w o r l d ' s s m a r t e s t m a n — all in terms o f g e n eration, family, c u l t u r e , a n d c l a s s . It matters w h a t year y o u were b o r n if y o u want to b e a S i l i c o n Valley billionaire, G l a d w e l l a r g u e s , a n d it matters w h e r e y o u w e r e b o r n if y o u want to b e a s u c cessful p i l o t . T...
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...CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI Chapter XVIII CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XXI CHAPTER XXII CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIV CHAPTER XXV CHAPTER XXVI CHAPTER XXVII CHAPTER XXVIII CHAPTER XXIX CHAPTER XXX CHAPTER XXXI The Art of Public Speaking BY 2 The Art of Public Speaking BY J. BERG ESENWEIN AUTHOR OF "HOW TO ATTRACT AND HOLD AN AUDIENCE," "WRITING THE SHORT-STORY," "WRITING THE PHOTOPLAY," ETC., ETC., AND DALE CARNAGEY PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING, BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE AND FINANCE; INSTRUCTOR IN PUBLIC SPEAKING, Y.M.C.A. SCHOOLS, NEW YORK, BROOKLYN, BALTIMORE, AND PHILADELPHIA, AND THE NEW YORK CITY CHAPTER, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF BANKING THE WRITER'S LIBRARY EDITED BY J. BERG ESENWEIN THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL SPRINGFIELD, MASS. PUBLISHERS Copyright 1915 THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO F. ARTHUR METCALF FELLOW-WORKER AND FRIEND Table of Contents THINGS TO THINK OF FIRST--A FOREWORD * CHAPTER I--ACQUIRING CONFIDENCE BEFORE AN AUDIENCE * CHAPTER II--THE SIN OF MONOTONY DALE CARNAGEY * CHAPTER III--EFFICIENCY THROUGH EMPHASIS AND SUBORDINATION * CHAPTER IV--EFFICIENCY THROUGH CHANGE OF PITCH * CHAPTER V--EFFICIENCY THROUGH CHANGE OF PACE * CHAPTER VI--PAUSE AND POWER * CHAPTER VII--EFFICIENCY THROUGH INFLECTION * CHAPTER VIII--CONCENTRATION IN DELIVERY * CHAPTER IX--FORCE * CHAPTER X--FEELING AND ENTHUSIASM * CHAPTER XI--FLUENCY...
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