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    Regina v. Dudley and Stephens There have been many criminal cases in the history‚ which brought controversy‚ whether murder could be justified under different circumstances. One of the famous cases tells a story of four shipwrecked men‚ which were lost in the high seas. The story was named "The Lifeboat Case"‚ regarding the tragic and life-changing decision that was made in extreme circumstance. Four seamen‚ Thomas Dudley‚ Edward Stephens‚ Brooks and seventeen year old Richard Parker were in high

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    government official. Each action was for Winthrop’s personal gain‚ as he had repeatedly done in the past. Similar to when Winthrop became governor and Dudley became the deputy for Massachusetts. Winthrop and Dudley both allotted one thousands acres of land to themselves‚ Winthrop also gifted his wife with three thousand acres. In this instance he treated Dudley as he would any of his loyal followers when they were in agreeance with his

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    Anne Bradstreet: The Heretical Poet Greg Saxon The purpose of this research is to discuss heretical elements in the poetry of Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672). This is not to imply that Bradstreet was a heretic in the sense that American religious reformer Anne Hutchinson was. Hutchinson (1591-1643) emigrated to Boston in 1634 and preached a doctrine of salvation through intuitive apprehension of grace rather than by works‚ and attacked the rigid moral and legal codes of New England Puritanism.

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    To My Dear and Loving Husband Anne Bradstreet Anne Bradstreet was the first poet and the first female writer in the British North American colonies to be published. Her first volume of poetry was The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America‚ published in 1650. She was born March 20‚ 1612 in Northampton‚ Massachusetts and died September 16‚ 1672 in Andover. She was married to Simon Bradstreet. When they married‚ she was 16 and he was 25. Mrs. Bradstreet’s works are also considered to represent the

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    Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan poet in the 1600’s. She was married at 16 to a loving husband and the father of her eight children. Bradstreet became famous unknowingly when her poem book "The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America... By a Gentlewoman in Those parts" was published in England. In this book‚ Bradstreet wrote a poem called "Upon the Burning of Our House". This poem reflects on her values of afterlife. Bradstreet believes there is a God who created the heavens and the Earth. The author

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    crime. It’s very unfortunate that a life had to be lost‚ but I’m here to tell you Dudley and Stephens should not be prosecuted or charged for the murder of Richard Parker. Dudley and Stephens are the victims of a failed government. Their acts were an act of survival‚ when all other alternative were tried. We must ask ourselves why we owe allegiance to our government in the first place. The very reason given by Thomas Hobbes is the social contract‚ the agreement between the people and their government

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    Clarence Thomas

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    Clarence Thomas" Clarence Thomas. In the annals of American history‚ this name has risen to the forefront of noted Supreme Court Justices and has become synonymous with the ideals and philosophies of uncompromising conservatives. Undeniably‚ the same name also congers thoughts of hypocrisy‚ desertion‚ and self-denial toward one of America ’s most divisive and enigmatic political figures. Since his nomination by President George H. Bush to the United States Supreme Court‚ Justice Thomas has been

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    Supreme Court Justice: Clarence Thomas Clarence Thomas was sworn in to office on Wednesday‚ October 23‚ 1991 after he was accused by a woman named Anita Hill for sexual misconduct. After exploring the charges from Hill‚ the Judiciary Committee of the Legislature found no convincing evidence of proof in the allegations against Thomas. The Committee gave him no recommendation when reporting his nomination to Senate. The Senate voted 52 to 48 to the appointment of Thomas into the High Court. Since

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    Thomas Cook

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    Information History Thomas Cook is the world’s best-known name in travel. • Thomas Cook started organising leisure trips in the summer of 1841 when its founder‚ who gave his name to the company‚ organised a successful one-day rail excursion at a shilling a head from Leicester to Loughborough. • During the next three summers Mr Cook arranged a succession of trips‚ taking passengers on trips to the midland towns of Leicester‚ Nottingham‚ Derby and Birmingham. Four years later‚ he organised

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    Thomas Hardy‚ OM (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist‚ in the tradition of George Eliot‚ he was also influenced both in his novels and poetry by Romanticism‚ especially by William Wordsworth.[1] Charles Dickens is another important influence on Thomas Hardy.[2] Like Dickens‚ he was also highly critical of much in Victorian society‚ though Hardy focused more on a declining rural society. While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life‚ and regarded himself

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