By most accounts‚ Bessie Smith was a rough‚ crude‚ violent woman. She was also one of the greatest Blues singers of the 1920s. The road that took her to the title “Empress of the Blues” was not an easy one. It was certainly not one of the romantic "rags to riches" tales that Horatio Alger made popular during her time. For a young black woman from the South the journey was anything but easy‚ and it would require a special kind of person‚ and Bessie Smith was definitely that. She was a woman who fought
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From this actual photo of the first printing of the Book of Mormon it seems clear that Joseph Smith claimed to be the “author” of this book‚ and later changed this to claim he was a translator of the book. B. H. Roberts‚ a general authority and historian for the Mormon Church‚ expressed the idea that Joseph Smith was capable of producing the Book of Mormon himself. Joseph Smith tells the story of the golden plates and is the only source for a great deal of the story because much of it occurred
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When I was reading my American literature book about John Smith it made my eyes open very wide on for the fact reading what I read in high match but some was left out. I think from the reading on John Smith a reliable narrator. The reason I think this is because he is clearing up myths about America. I think the way The Native Americans were treated was horrible when I was reading about John Smith. One thing I liked about John Smith is he liked to be at every moment of action or opportunity to
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In the book‚ Just Kids‚ Patti Smith elaborates on the successes and struggles that she and Robert Maplethorpe experienced throughout their amateur life in New York City. These two icons lived in the city during the 60s‚ 70s‚ and parts of the 80s — an era of counter-culture where rebellious artists took up various drugs and acted out against the government. Ranging from music‚ art‚ photography‚ and filmmaking‚ they were molded into the individuals they turned out to be in the end. The duo lived in
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Seneca‚ Smith‚ and Nietzsche introduce interesting variations in their philosophical ideas of emotions and passions in the political realm. While Stoicism calls for the banishment of emotions all together‚ Smith advocates for putting oneself in another’s situation and imagine their feelings. Nietzsche on the other hand offers an amusing account of acknowledging the detrimental effects of suppression and internalization of emotions‚ which thereby produce bad conscience. Consistent with the Stoic
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Both Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and John Smith hold different attitudes regarding their accounts of Indian life. The difference in attitudes may have resulted from the difference in treatments that each man received while in captivity. De Vaca’s experience is a humbling one. His account of Indian life is written in a thoughtful manner‚ and he describes the Indians kindly. While he describes his captivity as “melancholy and wretched” (De Vaca 34)‚ it’s clear that he harbors no ill feelings towards
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One place where both Smith and Marx agree is on the value of labor‚ and to a lesser degree‚ wages. Their reasoning behind the justification of wages is similar‚ but they diverge when it comes to the actual amount to be earned by the worker. Adam Smith believed that the value of any good or commodity was best measured in labor. “The real price of everything‚ what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it‚ is the toil and trouble of acquiring it...Labour was the first price
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Adam Smith and Karl Marx are the greatest economic analysts the world has ever seen. Adam Smith is considered as the father of modern day economics whereas Karl Marx is considered as the father of Communism. Karl Marx is one of the most controversial figures of the twentieth century‚ though he lived in the 19th. As one of the original minds behind communism and a fundamental revolutionary‚ he is renowned as a radical and somewhat dangerous political philosopher. Adam Smith is the father of economics
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recently researched during our library day. The painting was called “Desert Forms” created by an American artist Hughie Lee-Smith. My initial reaction to viewing the Desert Forms piece was how small the piece was. There are some very big paintings at the institute and the piece I picked was smaller than what I was expecting. I originally chose the “Desert Form” by Hughie Lee-Smith because the painting intrigued me from its unique shapes and feeling of isolation. Today‚ with the development of social
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Abhishek Gupta (Group A) Power‚ Identity & Resistance – Prof. Max Whyte October 13‚ 2008 The Invisible Hand “The Invisible hand” is Adam Smith’s legendary economic concept where he believes that in a free market‚ by pursuing one’s self-interest‚ the individual often promotes the interest of the society much more effectively than what the individual really intends to promote. Initially‚ this theory seems to suggest an almost “autopilot” like quality which seems to govern the system. But as one
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