The Lewis family had been a part of the western movement from the very start‚ and was considered by Thomas Jefferson as "one of the distinguished families" of Virginia from the beginning. The Lewis family’s history goes back many years. One of the earliest Lewis men was an uncle of Meriwether Lewis’ father‚ who was a part of the king’s council. Another Lewis married a sister of George Washington. The very first Lewis to keep journals as they traveled and explored was a Thomas Lewis‚ who accompanied
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Lewis & Clark Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were sent on an expedition by President Thomas Jefferson soon after the Louisiana Purchase which was the first expedition of the westward Untied States. This was known as the Lewis and Clark Expedition‚ the main objective of this mission was to map the new territory‚ find a route across the western part of the continent‚ and establish American existence in the new territory. Jefferson wanted the interactions with the Indians to be civilized and no
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when President Thomas Jefferson gained approval for his visionary project. This project was to explore the unknown West with a small expeditionary group. President Jefferson chose Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to head this expedition. Both Lewis and Clark had close ties to Jefferson. Meriwether Lewis was one of Jefferson’s secretaries and William Clark was a close friend. The initial idea of the expedition was to include scientific inquiry‚ geographic mapping‚ and clearing the way for commerce
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’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.” (Lewis Carroll‚ Alice in Wonderland) Lewis Carroll wrote many short children stories‚ his most noticeable work was‚ Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland . The sentiment expressed in the quotation‚ embodies the view that‚ Lewis Carroll is a well known and talked about author‚ whose work has created a lot of interest. His work has inspired many movies‚ plays and even halloween costumes. Lewis Carroll is an important English writer because of his position in English literature
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1) Meriwether Lewis and William Clark‚ was called upon Thomas Jefferson‚ and went on an expedition to see the land that was west of the Mississippi‚ known as the Louisiana Territory that had been purchased from France in 1803. Lewis and Clark set off on their trail‚ it began near St. Louis‚ Missouri‚in may. There group often called the Corps of Discovery named by the historians faced almost every obstacle that ever was on the planet on their trip. Louis and Clark faced horrible weather they also
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Christianity‚ Lewis’ purpose is to explicate that all human beings have a sense of right and wrong‚ indicated as the Law of Human Nature‚ use this Law to support the theory of a God‚ who gives humans this law and governs them by it‚ show the difficulty all humans face because they fail to obey this law perfectly‚ and that Christianity is the only logical answer for this theory to help the modern man into the Christ-life by using analogies‚ logical deductions‚ and the Christian dogma. I. Lewis analyses
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written by Lewis in the book‚ “Christian Reflections.” In this essay‚ Lewis opens by telling what he has been asked to talk about. His first statement is to say that in his opinion‚ there is no specific religious language. A statement in the first paragraph shows that Lewis believes the language of religion (distinguished from theology) is the same as ordinary language or even that of the language of poetry. However‚ it could also be between the two. In order to make this clearer‚ Lewis begins this
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Business School 9-400-065 rP os t Rev. July 24‚ 2000 Jeanne Lewis at Staples‚ Inc. (A) (Abridged) op yo Six months from now‚ on February 1‚ 1998‚ Jeanne Lewis (HBS ’92) would become the senior vice president of marketing at Staples‚ Inc. (Staples)‚ a nationwide office supplies superstore. After 10 months working side by side with Todd Krasnow‚ the current executive vice president of marketing‚ Lewis was becoming familiar with the department. Her initial assessment led her
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report and including a description of the promotional mix used by two organisations which are John Lewis and Cadbury’s. I will be including a full explanation on what methods they use from the promotional mix. Advertisements‚ personal selling‚ sales promotions‚ public relations‚ direct marketing and sponsorship. Promotional Mix The promotional mix is one of the 4 P’s‚ businesses such as John Lewis and Cadbury’s use it to achieve their goals for their organisation. The promotional mix consists of
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On the incredible journey of Lewis and Clark many new animals were discovered. Maryweather Lewis was naturalist and explorer. He documented 11 birds‚ 11 mammals and 2 fish that were unknown to naturalists. He actually brought his trusty dog‚ Seaman along for the journey. Seaman was a 150 pound‚ big‚ black Newfoundland dog. He was very intelligent and was bought in Pittsburg‚ Pennsylvania for $20. What cost $20.00 in 1800 would cost $260.40 now; today $260 is the average you would pay for a Newfoundland
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