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    Title "I take no joy in this‚ and I promise Emily will die quickly‚ and painlessly. Take comfort in that." "One can only be so comforted with a gun pointed at his head‚ cabrón." wheezed Samuel. The man tilted his head at that. Very few who were unfortunate enough to cross paths with him spoke to him in such a matter‚ let alone were allowed the opportunity to speak at all. "I would have assumed someone as difficult to track down as you would be more careful with his words." "Would it make a difference

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    The Innocent Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Dr. Samuel A. Mudd was an innocent man that was proven guilty wrongly. He should never have been sentenced to life in prison. He didn’t do anything wrong. I am writing this essay to tell you why I think this. Dr. Samuel A. Mudd is an innocent man. He was just trying to do his job by fixing up John Wilkes Booth’s leg. It is Mudd’s every day job to fix any injured patients and that was what Booth was. Mudd couldn’t even see Booth when he opened the door. Mudd also

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    In Charlestown‚ Massachusetts a young boy was born on April 27th‚ 1791. His parents were Calvinist Pastor Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826) and Elizabeth Ann Breese (1776-1828). This young lad would soon be known to the world as Samuel Morse. He would later be known as a painter and for creating the electric telegraph‚ along with a unified language that would reach all four corners of the world. Morse was a smart lad and was enrolled in Yale College at the age of fourteen in 1805. In his college

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    Hope is a belief in something that can bring sorrow or joy to one’s life. In this case‚ a woman’s hope is crushed as Samuel Johnson‚ author of the letter‚ uses redirection of the topic and logic to explain his unwanted denial to a request that could change a life forever. In Johnson’s response to a hopeful woman‚ he immediately denies her request before redirecting his letter to hope as it causes grief or happiness in a situation. In his words‚ Johnson believes that hope is “a species of happiness”

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    Addison & Johnson Essay In Boswell’s "The Life of Samuel Jackson"‚ he writes of his view of the authors Addison and Johnson. He uses the matter of factness to describe each author’s unique presence and writing style. From the beginning‚ Boswell clearly states that he thinks it "unjust" to call Addison nerveless and feeble‚ but favors Johnson throughout the passage. He is able to show us how to appreciate two different styles‚ even if you are more partial to one of them. Boswell speaks

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    Samuel Gorton was a Leveller This article was written by Michelle Burnham to dissect and analyze Samuel Gorton’s connection with the Leveller’s. She starts out this analysis by giving the reader a basic understanding of who Samuel Gorton is‚ such as the basic opinion of him and then a breakdown of his life events and interaction with the colony. After that‚ Burnham goes onto talk about what a Leveller is and why she believes‚ unlike many scholars‚ that Gorton himself was a one. She makes her point

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    Charles Dickens and Samuel Clemens (1812-1870) (1835-1910) Charles Dickens and Samuel Clemens lived in different parts of the world‚ England and America. Charles Dickens was twenty-three years old when Samuel Clemens was born. Charles Dickens was a boy who loved learning‚ while Samuel Clemens could hardly wait for school to end. Despite the fact that both authors reference Christianity and its customs‚ historians believe that Charles Dickens was a Christian whereas Samuel Clemens was not.

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    Anahuac Middle School The Life of Samuel Houston Christina Roberson Rasbeary~7th Christina Roberson Anahuac Middle School The life of Samuel Houston Rasbeary~7th Samuel Houston was born March 2 1793‚ in Rockbridge county‚ Virginia‚he was the fifth of nine children. When Samuel was 14 years old his father died and his mother moved her 9 children to the frontier village of Maryville‚ Tennessee. After he worked in the Maryville general store Samuel joined the army at the age of 20. He attracted

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    Professor Samuel P. Langley (1834-1906) was a Professor of Astronomy and Physics as well as the Observatory Director at the Alleghany Observatory in Pennsylvania when he became interested in flight in early 1887. He became the Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute that same year and began building model aircraft that were powered by rubber bands. He called them aerodromes. In November 1887 he became the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute and continued his experiments with his model

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    In Grace Paley’s story‚ “Samuel”‚ there is a group of four mischievous boys that are riding on a train. Many peoples in carts surround them‚ one of which is Mr. Right. This man‚ Mr. Right‚ “whose boyhood had been more watchful than brave”‚ he attempts to save the boys. This man chooses to stand up thinking that maybe he can get through to the boys by taking action. A man chooses to stand up thinking‚ “Forget their indifference.” That man did not intentionally pick to be passive or scowl at the boys

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