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    In Thomas Jefferson’s Instructions to Meriwether Lewis‚ 1803‚ it is very clear that the author is Thomas Jefferson. He signs the ending of the article with‚ “…this twentieth day of June‚ 1803. Thomas Jefferson‚ President of the United States of America” (Jefferson 3). It is apparent that Jefferson is writing to Meriwether Lewis to instruct him before he sets out on his journey. This gives the reader the date the letter is being composed and make it an official document. Thomas Jefferson’s main

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    Meriwether Lewis and William Clark paved the way of the west for the present day American citizens. They traveled over 8‚000 miles across the country by sailing‚ walking‚ canoeing and riding horses. Lewis was in charge of documenting all of the new plants and animals they came across. Clark took the responsibility for composing the maps of the rivers and the land in the west. Together‚ and with the help of their fellow members of the Corp of Discovery‚ they made one of the most memorized expeditions

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    Sinclair Lewis

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    Sinclair Lewis was born in Sauk Centre‚Minnesota‚ on 7th February 1885. He was the son of Dr. Edwin J. Lewis and Emma Kermott Lewis. Sadly‚ Sinclair’s mother Emma died when he was only six. In 1892 his father married Isabel Warner. Although he got along with his step mom‚ he ran away from home and hoped to become a drummer boy in the Spanish-American War when he was thirteen. In 1902 Lewis went to Oberlin Academy. While there‚ he developed a religious enthusiasm that fluctuated during the majority

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    Lewis Carrol

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    Lewis Carrol Alices adventures in wonderland Analysis The text under analysis is entitled «Alices adventures in Wonderland». The author of this masterpiece is famous Lewis Carrol. His true name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson‚ but he used his pen name Lewis Carroll. He was an English writer‚ mathematician‚ logician‚ Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel «Through the Looking-Glass»

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    Lewis Hine

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    Lewis Hine "If I could tell the story in words‚ I wouldn ’t need to lug around a camera" (Sandler 57). While artists might think that the best way to share their knowledge is through their paintings and sculptures‚ writers might think books and articles work the best. However‚ Lewis Hine’s famous photography shed light on people’s ignorance about child labor. These impacting pictures show young exploited children who worked at the mills and mines in the late nineteenth century in America. Hine’s

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    Lewis Hine Period 1 Lewis Wickes Hine was born in Oshkosh‚ Wisconsin on 26th September‚ 1874. He studied sociology in Chicago and in New York before finding work at the Ethical Culture School. In 1911‚ he was hired by the National Child Labor Committee to record child labor conditions‚ and he took appalling pictures of working children. In WWI‚ he worked as a photographer with the Red Cross and later photographed the construction of the Empire State Building. Hine also used his camera to capture

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    Depicting the Working Children of America Lewis Hines was born on September 26‚ 1874 in the town of Oshkosh‚ Wisconsin. Early on in his life his father passed away due to an accident. After that he lived with his mother and began to work in a factory and to save money so he could go through the rest of school. When it came to education‚ where he took courses in drawing and sculpture.. He studied sociology at Columbia University‚ New York University‚ and The University of Chicago. After graduation

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    Lewis Carroll

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    Lewis Carroll is one of the most well known Nonsense Writers. Though using nonsense in poetry has been dismissed as simply "for entertainment purposes"‚ most nonsensical poetry acts as an allegory‚ has deep symbolism and leaves the door wide open for varying interpretations. Lewis Carroll has utilized this sense with nonsense through his poems and prose found in his novels Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass . Through Carroll ’s interactions with his close friends and family‚ and

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    John Lewis

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    price of the products sold in John Lewis Stores will be the lowest in the neighborhood which even helped John Lewis to establish strongly in the British Market basically more amongst the middle class people. It has also been the motto and the slogan for the company for 76 years‚ since its establishment. A partner of John Lewis Partnership which even includes other stores like Waitrose‚ Greenbee. Every Employee who works at John Lewis is a partner in the company and

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    Lewis and Clark

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    The Lewis and Clark expedition was the equivalent in its day of a journey to the moon. Both had skilled men leading the expedition‚ were used to collect data‚ and used many important other people to make their journey successful. Leading both expeditions were skilled men. Lewis was a skilled soldier‚ skilled woodsman‚ and was chief aid to Jefferson‚ while Clark was and expert map maker‚ he could calculate rivers‚ and he was an army commander. On the first American journey to the moon three highly

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