Lincoln: Democratic or Autocratic “Lincoln was one of the most democratic and also one of the most autocratic of presidents.” Abraham Lincoln was a very democratic president. He believed in the Union and would do anything to keep it together after the secession of the south that followed his election as president. However‚ to regain the entirety of the Union‚ he had to make some risky decisions that may have labeled him as autocratic. The fact that he was both democratic and autocratic is
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2nd International Conference on Electronic & Mechanical Engineering and Information Technology (EMEIT-2012) Design and Implementation of the Network Examination System Based on B/S Fanqi Meng Baicheng Normal University Baicheng‚ 137000‚ China asdf0195 @163.com Keywords: reform of test; B/S; database of item pool; network examination Abstract. Today the changes of the test mode are common. Many exams have adopted computer test‚ so the reform of text mode will be a trend in universities. Based
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The Crucible Reverend Hale is portrayed as a hypocritical man in of Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible. Despite his moral beliefs‚ Hale decided to bend to the social feelings in Salem in order to gain status. As the community’s accepted expert witness on witchcraft‚ he contributed to the condemnation of several villagers. Fortunately‚ Hale eventually realized the error of his ways and took steps to remedy what he had done. Upon his arrival in Salem‚ Hale almost immediately became one of the
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Why the Lincoln Electric Company is the World’s Best Managed Company The Lincoln Electric company was started by John C. Lincoln with this proprietary design of electric motors in 1895. However‚ the company we know today‚ with their extraordinary compassion for their employees‚ was the brainchild of his younger brother James F. Lincoln and his ability to show that the company cares about people. In the establishing years of James F.’s reign starting in the early 1900’s‚ he instituted a life insurance
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Interpretation of “Sarah Cole: A Type of Love Story” Ron‚ an attractive lawyer from Concord‚ New Hampshire‚ recounts the summer encounters between himself and a woman named Sarah Cole. Throughout the story Ron mentions the “homely” nature of Sarah. In other words‚ he places heavy emphasis on her unattractive appearance and yet he finds himself utterly enticed by Sarah. Unable to avoid her‚ some sort of relationship develops between the two. Throughout Ron’s recollection of Sarah Cole‚ he mentions
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Hale changes-- although he does not lose faith in Puritanism‚ he does lose faith in the court and the ideals of the society in Salem. Hale arrives as an educated religious scholar who is brought to find the truth behind the witchery. He means well but ends up turning from the court and becomes incapable of stopping the executions. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ Reverend Hale was able to use his intelligence to save himself from falling into adopting the perspective of justice of society. By being
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The Lincoln Memorial‚ designed after the temples of ancient Greece‚ is America’s foremost memorial to the 16th president. It is an example of neoclassical architecture. The building is in the form of a Greek temple and contains a large seated sculpture of Abraham Lincoln. Setting on the National Mall‚ the monument stands as the nation’s tribute to one of their greatest leaders. It took from 1901 to 1914 for construction to begin. Everything in the monument has some sort of meaning to it. Lincoln
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Read the story first‚ then carry out the tasks that follow. “Examination Day” By Henry Slesar The Jordans never spoke of the exam‚ not until their son‚ Dickie‚ was twelve years old. It was on his birthday that Mrs Jordan first mentioned the subject in his presence‚ and the anxious manner of her speech caused her husband to answer sharply. ‘Forget about it‚’ he said. ‘He’ll do all right.’ They were at breakfast table‚ and the boy looked up from his plate curiously. He was an alert-eyed
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Is Reverend Hale from Beverley to be blamed for the deaths in Salem? Was he on the side of God when the witch-hunt trials started? Reverend Hale is the person whom people search for to confirm if the devil has taken over a person. When Hale enters this witch-hunt trail‚ he questions many‚ but did not seem to listen to the innocent’s true words and only pressures them into admitting that they side with the devil. However‚ when he notices that Abigail has been lying this whole time‚ his views change
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The struggle of Reverend John Hale is that he was transformed emotionally throughout the times of lies and treachery as he goes from unbiased accuser‚ to uncertain power‚ to defender of the accuser. This connects to Arthur Miller’s reason for writing this play because in 1952 the same thing was going on but in this case it was McCarthyism which is a vociferous campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950–54
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