NAME: Daniel Hale Williams OCCUPATION: Surgeon BIRTH DATE: January 18‚ 1858 DEATH DATE: August 04‚ 1931 PLACE OF BIRTH: Hollidaysburg‚ Pennsylvania Daniel Hale Williams (January 18‚ 1858 – August 4‚ 1931) was an American surgeon. He was the first African-American cardiologist‚and performed one of the first successful open-heart surgeries in the United States. He also founded Provident Hospital‚ the first non-segregated hospital in the United States. Daniel Hale Williams was born in
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The Reverend Sylvester Graham 1) Lived between July 5‚ 1794 – September 11‚ 1851 2) was an American and an early advocate of dietary reform in the United States 3) Sylvester Graham was ordained in 1826 as a Presbyterian minister. 4) What criticism of American society did the individual have? a) was most notable for his emphasis on vegetarianism and the temperance movement‚ anti-masturbation‚ as well as dietary habits. 5) What methods did the person use to improve American
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Puritan reverend of the community‚ Reverend Parris. An effort to contain the events by Reverend Parris‚ Parris’s niece‚ Abigail‚ and others backfired and resulted in the bringing in of Puritan priests trained in the topic of witchcraft‚ which quickly led to a mass hysteria of witches in the community. Once accused of being a witch‚ a citizen had two basic choices‚
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speech made by Reverend Hale towards the end of the play. Just before John is scheduled to be hung‚ Reverend Hale realizes the grave mistake he had made by believed the girls of Salem. He pleads with John’s wife‚ Elizabeth‚ to convince John to confess in order to save his life saying‚ “ Life‚ woman‚ is God’s most precious gift: no principle‚ however glorious‚ may justify the taking of it. I beg you… [convince] your husband to confess. Let him give him lie.” While this sounds justified‚ Hale is forgetting
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A morally ambiguous character who I thought played a pivotal role in the Salem witch hunt was Reverend John Hale. At first‚ Hale was completely convinced that the witchcraft occurring in Salem was in fact reality and was determined to get rid of it whatever way possible. He was constantly researching the source of witchcraft itself and how to destroy it. He investigated Betty Parris and the Putnam’s daughter to gather clues and evidence as to why these events are happening. He also talks with
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Yemi Salami Mrs. R. Patterson English 5 AP 22 October‚ 2012 Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is one troubled (and multi-faceted) man. A brilliant speaker‚ a kind man‚ a wise reverend – everyone loves this guy. He’s pretty much a rock star in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (and that doesn’t seem like such an easy feat in Puritan society). With his education and religious standing it allows him to have a larger sense of humility and understanding. So with Dimmesdale also being
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Hylarie M. Leon Guzmán ENGL 224-001 Dr. Annie Montero March 6th 2014 Pride Through the age’s mankind has determined what is right and wrong in an emotional point of view as well as the psychological. This term is known as pride. Pride has become an essential problem to basically anyone animals and humans alike. In biblical terms pride appears many times like in; Genesis 11:1-9‚ The Tower of Babel‚ in this story describes how mankind wanted to defy God and become greater than him. In this act
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Pride Ulrich Steinvorth 1 Why pride? What’s pride? Pride should puzzle the humanities because we are ambivalent about it. We hate and love it. We hate the arrogant‚ mock the braggers; and if we remember that Christianity considered pride a vice‚ even the first among the deadly sins‚ we’ll probably approve. But we also want our kids to be proud of their achievements‚ proud at least of the acts we applaud. We even want them to be proud of their natural and social endowment that they neither struggled
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living or dying. Of course the the obvious choice is the live‚ but say that the cost of living is losing all pride. In the Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ John Proctor chooses death of over living without pride. Some people say that living without pride is better than dying with pride. The truth is that John Proctor did the right thing dying with pride because he died by staying true to his morals. The main point that most readers would make is that lying is alright if the result is life. In The Crucible
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Henry Babcock Period 3 Mr. Witt 11/27/12 Pride and Prejudice Essay When getting to know someone‚ a person should never make assumptions prematurely without understanding the person to the full extent. First impressions are very powerful and can influence all future behavior and interaction. In Jane Austen’s fictional novel “Pride and Prejudice‚” first impressions play a vital role in the town affairs as they influence the Bennet family’s relationships with their new neighbors.
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