… Brown was the son of a wandering New Englander. Brown spent much of his youth in Ohio, where he was taught in local schools to resent compulsory education and by his parents to revere the Bible and hate slavery. As a boy he herded cattle for General…

… than usual when they see this woman, and the man playing the viol really takes a shine to her so he belows a strong note at her. Thomas Hardy’s father and grand father used to play in a church band and this had a great impact on Hardy’s poetry writi…

… is a legal case that brings in a huge sum of money for the lawyer and the lawyer’s client. John Grisham uses this term in The Rainmaker to mark the highest point in the main character’s previously troubled life. The word “rainmaker” characterizes…

… arm where all the money goes. Jesus Christ died for nothin’ I suppose. Little pitchers have big ears. Don’t stop to count the years. Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios. --John Prine, “Sam Stone” (1971) On the liner notes to John…

… room for interpretation. one is almost forced to follow the paths of life already created for them each person is different. one single idea that develops each person and makes them different is wold view. That part of each person allows one to be…

… God” was one of the most revolutionary sermons of it’s day. Mr. Edwards style of preaching was very effective in getting these “wicked people” to repent of their evil. Although Edwards’ form of teaching was very pessimistic and discouraging, it got…

… planned to write a paper on Michael Jordan's economical effect on today's sports in America. I had even researched and written two pages before I stopped and realized that I would like to instead discuss Michael Jordan's life and mystical career.…

… economists whose discoveries in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century made a great impact on economics to this day. Adam Smith is considered by many to be the “father of modern economics.” He is best known for his groundbreaking…

… of African-Americans in the United States in the 1960's and not a futuristic, someday society in his short story Harrison Bergeron. Harrison Bergeron is really an account of a black who showed extra-ordinary talent and yet was shunned and…

… but very little is known abouthis mysterious figure. It is said the he was born in the province of Henan in 570BCE (Encarta). Before becoming a philosopher, he worked as a court librarian at the imperialcourt. He also went by the name Lao-Tzu,…