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    Common Sense

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    in the years to follow his father’s trade. Paine didn’t do so well at that either and he experimented with other jobs such as a privateer‚ an excise‚ and finally a journalist. Paine became an important figure publishing many of his works including “Common Sense”‚ an influential piece that pushed for independence‚ which was published in 1776 and followed by “The American Crisis”. Later in his lifetime‚ he was arrested for not supporting the execution of Louis XVI and was put away in jail for some time

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    Life Andrew Carnegie

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    Andrew Carnegie was a man with a strong outlook on how the wealthy should utilize their abundant amounts of cash. Although there were many other ways to dispose of the surplus of cash from the wealthy he favored mainly one. He believed that if the wealthy people in America would spend money through out their life on not only themselves but to also help the communities and charities‚ that they would become more respected through their life and also help America’s economy stay strong There were also

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    There are mixed opinions on Andrew Carnegie. What would make him a hero? Andrew Carnegie was a man who became a millionaire. He started working at 12 due to his poor family and slowly rose to riches. He grew up in Pittsburgh near family; he then later was the supervisor of Pennsylvania’s Western Division. In 1861 he was asked to help with troop transportation in D.C. He then moved to New York City‚ NY‚ and that was where he primarily live till he died. He was born in 1835‚ sailed to America in

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    Joseph Andrews Characters

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    Joseph Andrews A handsome and virtuous young footman whom Lady Booby attempts to corrupt. He is a protégé of Mr. Adams and the devoted but chaste lover of Fanny Goodwill. His adventures in journeying from the Booby household in London back to the countryside‚ where he plans to marry Fanny‚ provide the main plot of the novel. Mr. Abraham Adams A benevolent‚ absent-minded‚ impecunious‚ and somewhat vain curate in Lady Booby’s country parish. He notices and cultivates Joseph’s intelligence and

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    The most famous businessman in the world‚ Andrew Carnegie‚ actually grew up with another family in one half of an attic‚ and him and his parents in another half. This attic was located above his father’s workplace in Dunfermline‚ Scotland. At the age of eight‚ he started his education in a one-room school packed with around 150 students. Driven by the Irish potato famine‚ his family left for the United states in 1848‚ searching for a better and safer life. In order to make ends meet his family needed

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    Utopia‚ however‚ those books don’t tell much more. In A Man for All Seasons‚ both the movie directed by Fred Zinnemann‚ and the play written by Robert Bolt‚ one learns that Sir Thomas More is “a character who makes a judgement error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction” (Bainbridge High School). More fits the definition of a tragic hero and has the qualities and characteristics to make him one‚ as well. The first characteristic of a hero ‘tragic’ is the judgement error they make. More was

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    booming. Andrew Carnegie was the first to mass produce steel in Pittsburgh. After the disaster Carnegie steel was going down hill. Frick thought he was the one doing all the work and thought he could take over and be the main man. Frick was trying to take charge and a worker came in Mr. Frick’s office and got his attention and shot him in the side of the head. He missed where he was aiming and grazed the side of his head. After realizing what happened‚ Frick attacked the shooter and then the man stabbed

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    Tragedy of the Commons

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    Critique Paper- Tragedy of the Commons In G. Hardin’s (1968) article‚ “Tragedy of the Commons”‚ he discussed the problem that exists because of man’s attempt to exploit the earth through rapid population expansion‚ and how he only harm himself since almost everyone adopts the same strategy. He also emphasized that the tragedy brought about by overpopulation seemed to have no technical solution‚ and its solution seemed to lie only upon the conscience of man‚ since it is he who decides upon his own

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    Andrew Hoover Mrs. Abrams/Mr. Gazette English/Social Studies March 14‚ 2015 Andrew Jackson “There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do‚ but not‚ doing it” Andrew Jackson (A. Jackson Quotes‚) During Jacksons term as president he made a lot of mistakes. Some considered his top three mistakes were fighting the Second National Bank‚ which could have helped the U.S. a lot by saving us from debt‚ using the spoils system while he was a president‚ and creating the Indian

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    Heros

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    My Hero In your life people come and go‚ but there is always that one person or people who you will always remember‚ and those are the ones that you admire or look up to. “The simple acts of heroism are often overlooked- that’s very clear to me not only in war but in peace.” (Oliver Stone p.3) People can walk by the homeless and think they aren’t important but in reality most of them are. Most of them are veterans from war who saved us and our ancestors

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