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Value 1: Sincerity Text 1: Franklin’s Autobiography and Poor Richard’s Almanack “Sincerity- Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and if you speak, speak accordingly.” “Tart words make no friends; a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.” Ben shows in both texts that instead of hurting others with “tart words”, that we should instead love everyone, and to make no enemies. Life is too short to be bitter all the time and create unneeded grudges between others

Two years before the long and hard fought senate debate on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, on the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, President John F. Kennedy declared, “Abraham Lincoln emancipated the slaves, but in this century, our Negro citizens have emancipated themselves”1. With this simple statement President John F. Kennedy addressed one of the oldest and most current issues of our nation, the blatant line between the Caucasian population and the other minorities that reside

Chris Brown is a an artist who has faced a lot of adversity in his life. Brown was born in small town called Tappahannock ,Virginia. As a child Brown’s mother had a significant other at the time that abused his mother. At the age of 6 where he witnessed his mother being beaten by her significant other. Brown witnessing this had an effect on him in later events in his life. In 2009 Brown got into a physical altercation with his girlfriend Rihanna. This fight happened because of a simple argument

nature and tended to watch the evening news with my parents: June 7, 1998, 49 year old James Byrd Jr. was murdered in the most notorious and gruesome, stomach turning, hate crimes in recorded history. Late one summer night, as he was walking home from a friend’s house after a party, John William King, along with Lawrence Russell Brewer and Shawn Allen Berry pulled up in a pickup truck offered Mr. Byrd a ride home. He jumped into the bed of their truck and was driven to an isolated wooded area,

in the New World, two American authors present striking pictures of their struggles in the land of opportunity. Samuel Sewall’s and William Byrd II’s diaries provide a glimpse into the everyday routines of early American settlers. An accomplished judge, businessman, and printer of Massachusetts Bay, Sewall writes about the developments around him. Likewise, Byrd, a successful planter, slave-owner, and author from Charles City County, Virginia, leaves valuable information concerning his routines in

survive and thrive in Antarctica? In the excerpt from the story Alone by Richard E. Byrd the narrator explains how a man lives in Antarctica for 5 months during the winter alone in -83°F weather. Being alone changes a person’s attitude and state of mind. When you are alone people tend to start to become more negative and have a gloomy mindset. In the fourth stanza of the excerpt the narrator explains how Richard E. Byrd sits in the weather station by himself and believes that he will be no more than

In his essay, “Horse and Gentlemen,” T.H. Breen describes the cultural significance of gambling, specifically in relation to the quarter-horse races, in late 17th century Virginia. Breen primarily argues that the three main aspects of gambling – competitiveness, materialism, and individualism – reflected and reinforced the socio-economic structure of Virginia in this period. The high stakes wagers of the affluent planters reinforced their dominant status in the social structure and the gentry’s right

An important part of Colonial American Religion were Jonathan Edwards and William Byrd. These men were people who changed the world through their own style. Jonathan Edwards had a more fierce personality while William Byrd had a more visionary personality. They were very similar but were also very different. Jonathan Edwards was born on October 5, 1703 and died on March 22, 1758. He grew up in East Windsor, Connecticut. His father, Timothy, was pastor of the church at East Windsor, Connecticut. He

Rene la Force was a French Huguenot, who helped many of the well-known historical figures such as: Governor William Byrd, and 1st president George Washington. The title “Duc de la Force” ran through the family. The name “La Force” varies from many other names around that era of time, such as: Le Force, Leforce, Lefors, Lafoon, La Forie, and La Fore. He had a large family. The La Force family is of Guyenne origin. The belonged to the de Castelnau branch of the house of Caumont. Rene La Force was an

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