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    Every man is created equal. This statement was the grounds upon which the early abolitionists rejected the institution of slavery. Abolitionists believed that God created man equal‚ therefore no man could be another man’s property based on the color of their skin. William Lloyd Garrison was a white man and a fierce abolitionist in the 1830’s. He co-founded a weekly anti-slavery newspaper called‚ The Liberator. The Liberator allowed Garrison to use his voice to speak out against the evils of

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    Was Cromwell Justified

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    it seems‚ always emphasized that it was wrong to allow for the unnecessary spilling of blood. He did this wherever he went in Ireland‚ but it was also something he did during the Anglo-Spanish war. Cromwell justified fighting in the war with Spain because of the ‘millions of Indians being so barbarously butchered by the Spaniards’. Obviously‚ in both cases Cromwell was simply trying to find a way of legitimising his actions. However‚ in Ireland the situation was slightly different. It must be understood

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    Was The Bomb Necessary

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    This question has been floating around the air for years now‚ The first bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima‚ Japan in 1945 of August 6. This devastating bomb killed around 135‚00. There was also a second bomb that hit Nagasaki on August 9th that killed approximately 50‚000. But the question remained was this necessary? In my opinion YES! Dropping the bomb was very necessary‚ it was also reasonable considering the fact that US lost a total of more than 418‚000 both military and innocent civilians

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    Was Manet an Impressionist? Outline the arguments for and against‚ providing and discussing specific examples to support the two arguments. Give your opinion‚ with reasons. Édouard Manet (1832-83) was one of the marginal figures associated with Impressionism. Impressionism is defined by the the online Oxford dictionary as‚ "a style or movement in painting originating in France in the 1860s‚ characterized by a concern with depicting the visual impression of the moment‚ especially in terms of

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    That Was Then This Is Now

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    That was Then‚ This is now I read the book "That was then‚ This is now." The main character is Bryon. He is an average guy that likes girls. His girlfriend is Cathy. She has a little brother who is twelve. His nickname is M&M because he always eats them. Bryon’s best friend is Mark. Mark lives with Bryon and Bryon’s mom. Mark’s parents always fought. His dad killed his mom then killed himself. Mark is a person who dose not follow the laws. He steals things like candy and things at the drugstore

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    Pandora Was a Feminist

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    ENG4U1 Seminar Essays : Thought and Style Mary Meigs Essay Thought Purpose ‚ Audience & Point of View • The purpose of this essay was to convey to the reader that tales of the old are all feminist. The author uses three main points throughout the essay: Eve’s apples‚ Pandora’s Box‚ and Bluebeard’s wives. • The target audience of this essay was somebody who understood the tales‚ because the author doesn’t retell them throughout the essay. • This essay is written in a first person point of view

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    Versailles settlement quickly gained a reputation as ‘a Carthaginian peace’. What was meant by this‚ and was it a fair and accurate assessment. The Versailles Peace Treaty was signed in June 1919 after the First World War by the victorious Allies and defeated Germany and was intended to punish Germany for what was seen as her war guilt and to prevent her from becoming powerful enough again to disturb European peace. It was called a Carthaginian peace in the first instance by Jan Smuts (a member of

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    Was Darwin Wrong

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    aboard the H.M.S Beagle. In the article‚ Quammen talks about theory and explains what it is. He states that Darwinism was just a theory. In the article he talks about how “45% of responding U.S. adults agreed that God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last ten thousand years” (Quammen‚ 1). Quammen then begins to present the evidence that Darwin was correct in some of his theories but not all of them. He does this by stating what Darwin based most of his beliefs

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    If I Was LOD

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    If I was added to the story I would be in place of LOD. I would have taken the helicopter with my pilots and instead of trying to land I would have jumped out. I would have hand glided or based jump out with a wingsuit and flew down to the campers and it would have stopped pat and coop from finding us. I also would have captured Kate and kept her in my camper. If I was LOD I also would have put coop pat and Alex into a one-way glass box they can’t see out but I could see in. Finally‚ I would have

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    WAS DARWIN WRONG

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    WAS DARWIN WRONG? An insight of Darwin’s theory of evolution 20th November 2013 Charles Darwin was an English naturalist who studied variation in animals and plants on a five year voyage around the world in the 19th century. He was born in 1809 and died in 1882‚ during his lifetime he managed to present his findings in his book‚ “On the Origin of Species”. Darwin’s findings caused a lot of controversy during his time and the present day‚ they were seen as conflicting with religious beliefs about

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