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…William Sessions On May 27, 1930 in Fort Smith, Arizona William Steele Sessions was born. This future Director of the FBI and Federal Judge however did not grow up in the Arizona area. Shortly after his birth his family moved to Kansas City, Kansas…

…Booker T. Washington: Fighter for the Black Man Booker T. Washington was a man beyond words. His perseverance and will to work were well known throughout the United States. He rose from slavery, delivering speech after speech expressing his views…

…"For I Will Consider My Cat Jeoffry" is a poem Christopher Smart wrote about the cats of another time. Though he makes references to "Jeoffry" his underlying connotation is towards felines in a biblical sense. He will cover both their physical…

…<Tab/>Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois had diverse views of philosophy. Washington was born in the southern agriculture into slavery. He shared the hectic years of Reconstruction, and warily developed a compromise with the white…

…into his ear. He exhorts Hamlet to avenge the murder. Hamlet’s initial response is to act on the Ghost’s exhortation quickly. Hamlet says; “Haste me to know’t that I with wings as swift…May sweep to my revenge.” Yet by the end of the same scene, his reluctance…

…Cat's Cradle The world is about to end, and nobody knows it. Summed up into one sentence, this is the basis of the book Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. This is book is a satire on the state of affairs in the 1960's. At the beginning of the novel…

…Chad Mertz Booker T. Washington Essay September 25, 2000 Throughout the life of Booker T. Washington expressed in his autobiography, Up From Slavery, one element has remained the same through his influences, education, public speaking…

…studied Greek and Latin. In 1810, Bryant spent a year at William’s College. In 1811, Bryant began to study law, and in 1815 he was admitted to the bar. After some private study, he practiced law in Barrington, Massachusetts. Poetry wasn’t a practical…

…Sophistication As the English teacher threw the essay at the student, the girl realized how she had betrayed her trusting teacher. She didn’t really know why she did it; perhaps it was a case of laziness and frustration. She recalled the night she…

…William Warren (1825-1853) William Warren was born in La Pointe Fort on Madeline Island. His birthdate was May 27, 1825. He was the oldest son of Michael Warren and Mary Cadotte. William spent much of his early childhood living in the fur trading…