the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France. Jefferson asked Meriwether Lewis to explore the Northwest Territory. Jefferson told him to map out the area‚ gather natural resources‚ make contact with Natives (Befriend if possible)‚ and find a waterway that went to the Pacific Ocean. Lewis recruited William Clark‚ to be an equal in command‚ and 40 men. The two leaders‚ both in the military (Lewis a Captain and Clark a Lieutenant) led these men through 800‚000 square miles. The
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Clive Staples Lewis is a writer who has been psychoanalyzed to death. More specifically‚ his works have been drained of all their literary lifeblood by critical vampires – modern and classical alike – down to epithelial husk and osseous substructure‚ where rigid philosophy replaces‚ or has not suffered the same fate as‚ style. There is one work‚ though‚ which seems to have escaped the scourge of Christian love-smothering or non-Christian indictment of Lewis as a theological anachronism: The Pilgrim’s
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Lewis and Clark Expedition Thomas Jefferson had many goals for the Lewis and Clark Expedition‚ but the main goal was to find an all water route to the Pacific Ocean. Although they did not accomplish this goal‚ they did accomplish many more of their goals. One of the goals they fulfilled included taking notes of the lands economic potential during their expedition. Also‚ Lewis and Clark‚ both wrote diaries that reported wildlife‚ abundant resources‚ opportunities for trade‚ and other information
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Symbols and Themes in C.S. Lewis ’s "Perelandra" British author C.S. Lewis ’s "Perelandra" is one of the most religiously relevant fantasy novels ever written. Set on the exotic planet of Perelandra (Venus)‚ it contains within its pages the Creation legend of Adam and Eve‚ set in our time but in a different world. "Perelandra" is a story of an unspoiled world‚ the Garden of Eden denied to the residents of earth but still open to the two inhabitants of Perelandra. C.S. Lewis uses this unspoiled planet
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition- The people of the United States knew very little of the land they had previously gained from the French as the Louisiana Purchase. President Thomas Jefferson decided to send out an expedition of explorers to discover the unknown land. This became known as the Lewis and Clark Expedition or the Corps of Discovery. Jefferson decided the leader of the expedition would be his secretary William Clark‚ and Meriwether Lewis. The expedition officially began in the summer of
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MARKETING AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF JOHN LEWIS PLC Table of Contents I. Executive Summary……………………………………………………...….......pg. 3 II. Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………..…pg. 4 III. Performance from the Marketing Perspective..……………………………………pg. 5-7 IV. Performance from the Financial Perspective...……………………………………..pg. 7-9 V. Performance in the Future……………………………………………………………….pg. 10-11 V. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………….…..pg. 12 VI
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1. Lewis was shot by one of his own men. Pierre Cruzatte‚ who could not see well‚ shot Lewis through the buttocks on August 11‚ 1806‚ mistaking him for an elk. 2. Clark was not actually a captain. When Lewis asked Clark to join the expedition he said President Jefferson was willing to promote him to captain. Before the expedition began‚ the Secretary of War notified Lewis that Clark would receive a lieutenant’s title. Lewis was angered and wrote Clark that it was best that none of their party or
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Screwtape Letters The Screwtape Letters by C.S Lewis is good novel that was written in 1942. While reading throughout the novel‚ C. S Lewis has used many classic major genres to describe his characters and manipulate the patient with imagination and emotion. Throughout the first chapter of the book‚ Screwtape uses allusion on page two to mention that Jesus was a pure spirit and had been a human so He had an ” abominable advantage.” In addition‚ Lewis uses descriptive words imagery on page three “
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When I first started this class the only knowledge of C. S. Lewis I had was that he was a Christian‚ an author and he was highly favored and respected for his work by my Pastor‚ as well as some of the people in my small group from church. Though‚ all of this remains true of C. S. Lewis‚ I have also learned that there was a time in his life where he was an atheist. This came as a complete surprise to me‚ but the more I have learned about Lewis‚ the more this piece seems to have been a key factor in
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appreciated the writings of C. S. Lewis (McGrath‚ 2013‚ pp. 367-379)‚ myself included. Lewis’s writings provide a way of perceiving and understanding reality from a multidimensional perspective. Rather than a single dimensional view‚ Lewis integrates reason‚ imagination‚ and longing in a compelling and insightful manner. This characteristic provides a refreshing and attractive perspective from which numerous benefit. Moreover‚ few modern writers have affected me as has C. S. Lewis‚ whose impact on me personally
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