One of the most powerful speeches that President Abraham Lincoln made towards the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 was empowering to many people. The aspect of the speech that Abraham made declared about the memorial battle that many soldiers had occurred to them. He gave hope for our nation to be mindful of the obstacles that our soldiers faced while fighting for our countries freedom. The soldiers who fought in the battle were fighting for our nations rights‚ and equalities‚ that us as “Americans”
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable discusses extreme events that everyone believes to be “highly improbable” and to be widely unexpected. Taleb calls the extreme events “Black Swans.” Taleb believes that the unexpected (“Black Swan”) is the key to understanding not only financial markets‚ but also history itself. When Wall Street suffered its worst single-day in modern history in 1987 Taleb had this “ah hah” moment. He then realized that “Black Swans” could
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The Gettysburg Address was a famous speech given by President Lincoln at Gettysburg in1863. The speech was influential and inspiring to many different kinds of people. The Gettysburg Address touched several topics such as human equality‚ peace and honoring soldiers. The Gettysburg Address is still relevant today due to its motivational words towards human equality and paying tribute to war veterans. To quote the speech‚ Lincoln said "Fourscore and seven years ago‚ our fathers brought forth on
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The Gettysburg Address 1. How does Lincoln honor the battle of Gettysburg in his address? Lincoln honored the Battle of Gettysburg in his address by acknowledging the great sacrifice made by the brave men who fought in the Gettysburg battle. Lincoln pointed out that while the ceremony may one day be forgotten‚ the service and deaths of the soldiers would forever be memorialized and serve as a lasting reminder of how precious and costly ensuring freedom for all is. You get the sense that Lincoln
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Martinez English 11 Ms. Tucker Period 4 February 3‚ 2014 Point-by-point Comparison-Contrast In this essay I will state the similarities and differences of The Gettysburg Address and the letter to Sarah Ballou. The Gettysburg Address talks more about the Civil War than the letter to Sarah Ballou. The Gettysburg Address improved my understanding on the Civil War because the author clarified about the war; moreover‚ he states the equality of all men. While Sullivan writes to his beloved wife Sarah
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The Gettysburg Address is a speech that was both written and spoken by President Abraham Lincoln. President Lincoln was elected in 1860 and was serving his first term which was also during the Civil War. The cause for the speech was that a three-day long battle ensued between the Union and the Confederates which resulted in thousands of wounded and dead soldiers. Lincoln was requested to speak at the battlefield in Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania‚ both recognizing the Union victory but also recognizing
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The Gettysburg Address is still read and significant today because it is the ideals upon which our nation was founded. Lincolns words “government of the people‚ by the people‚ for the people” continues to speak for many today. At this time in the middle of the Civil War people were discouraged. Citizens needed something to believe in. In the Gettysburg Address Lincoln described the wonderful things the nation was fighting for. It was a new interpterion of American government and society. It was about
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In the Gettysburg Address‚ Abraham Lincoln utilizes antithesis‚ repetition‚ and parallelism to reinforce his purpose for this address and deliver an emotional tone that can persuade all people to continue to fight the same fight that these men died for. First of all‚ Lincoln exercises the literary device‚ antithesis‚ to deliver an emotional appeal. For example‚ he states "... as a final resting place for those who here gave their live so that a nation might live." As for‚ the words "gave their
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Gettysburg Address (1863) The year is 1860‚ and a relatively new country‚ The United States of America‚ is distressed. Divided‚ they argued. The Southern States felt that it was their given right to have slaves‚ and the northern states felt as if it was something of the past. These two differing thoughts caused Americans to rage and compromises to be thrown out the window. All that was required was one final spark to set off the flame that would be known as the Civil War. A new candidate was running
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|CCNA4: Commands | WAN Technologies [pic] Cisco Networking Academy Program CCNA 4: WAN Technologies v3.1.1 1 Module 1: Scaling IP Addresses 3 1.1 NAT and PAT 3 1.1.1 Configuring static NAT 3 1.1.2 Configuring dynamic NAT 3 1.1.3 Configuring NAT Overload (PAT) 4 1.1.4 Verifying NAT and PAT configuration 4 1.1.5 Troubleshooting NAT and PAT configuration 4 1.2 DHCP 5
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