Sarah Phillips Michael Christian Anna Whitney Cornelius Vanderbilt How he acquired his wealth ● Through shrewd competition in the shipping industry when he owned several steamship lines ● Owned many powerful railroads that helped make crosscountry transportation cheaper and more efficient ● First investment was a loan of $100 from his parents when he was 16‚ so he could buy a boat to transport people from Staten Island to Manhattan; repaid the loan and shared $1‚000 of the profit with his parents within a year
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American spirit. This freedom from Europe opens the door for America to blossom into the political‚ artistic‚ and intellectual model for the world. Whitman’s “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” displays the interconnectedness of him and his fellow passengers with each generation‚ while at the same time transcending time and space. The ferry is a symbol that represents the ebb and flow of time‚ while the speaker and his fellow passengers transcend space. The American bard is the poet/historian/musician who will
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’Poetic Language is used to Capture Human Experiences; `In Robert Gray’s poems‚ he uses language to capture human experiences. In two of his poems; old house and late ferry‚ gray has effectively captured human experiences by his varies poetic languages and through insight and feeling. Throughout both texts late ferry and old house‚ gray’s main message in the poems‚ with his critical analysis‚ is the destruction of nature by mankind. In old house‚ gray has captured the human experience
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James Wright’s poem “Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry‚ Ohio” was published in 1963‚ and like many of his other works‚ points focus toward the nature of human life in the Rust Belt region of America. The open form poem follows a narrator’s thoughts of his immediate and regional surroundings while watching a high school football game. Within the Rust Belt‚ poverty was common due to the after effects of the Great Depression and the decline in mining‚ and sports were one of the ways that children of impoverished
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The views of John Brown’s raid of the federal armory at Harpers Ferry illustrate the changing of North-South relations between the years of 1859 and 1863. After the event occurred‚ many looked down upon it in order to try and prevent the inevitable Civil War. However‚ throughout the next few years many people began to praise him for his radical abolitionism‚ even to the point of martyrdom. Horace Greeley‚ a well known anti-slavery activist and editor of the New York Tribune at the time‚ disagreed
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ornelius Vanderbilt Robber Baron or Captain of Industry The 1800’s was the beginning of something new for America‚ It was the rise of American industry. Cornelius Vanderbilt had a huge role in American industry. Vanderbilt was responsible for developing much of the the transportation system in the middle and later part of the 19th century in the North East part of the United States. He was responsible for both boats and trains. I think Cornelius Vanderbilt has made a huge impact on the American
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An Analysis of “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” and “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking” By Austin Cooley ENGL 2027 – 007 In “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” the story follows the narrator’s experience with life as he takes a beautiful ferry ride. The man talks about the meaning of his life to other people. In this crowd he brings together all of the strangers and finds a connection. His journey through “space and time” is focused on the people. In the first sections‚ Whitman sets the scene by describing his
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Australian landscape with rich precision[2] Background The Secret River was inspired by Grenville’s desire to understand "what had happened when [her ancestor‚ Solomon] Wiseman arrived ... [on the Hawkesbury River at the area now known as Wiseman’s Ferry] and started the business of ’settling’". Her inspiration to understand this came from her taking part in the 2000-05-28 Reconciliation Walk across Sydney Harbour Bridge during which she realised that she didn’t know much about "what had gone on between
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Searoad Ferries is an Australian company tour operator founded in 1983 that runs passenger ferries and all-weather vehicles in Philip Bay in Melbourne. Products offered by the company include; ferry services‚ tour packages‚ and on-land transport services. Searoad is base in Port Philip Bay‚ Melbourne and its vessels operate between stations at Sorrento and Queenscliff. The company mainly caters to local and international visitors who are seeking social fun and entertainment. The remarkable 40-minute
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After the strong winds damage a 102 meter long ferry Panagia Parou at port of Algeciras Spain. The ferry suffered a hull breach at the stern after struck against the pier caused by the strong winds. After that the port authorities alert when the mooring ropes of the vessel is snap and the flooding continued unabated ‚ and the port authorities is try to attempted to keep the ferry afloat. But the strong winds and flooding is continued. Now the chance of vessel to survive is 80% to 20%‚ but the
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