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    Felix Frankfurter once said “It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.” This quote relates to Harrison Bergeron because in the story Harrison is trying to make the so called equal world inequal. Harrison Bergeron connects to the quote because Harrison also believes that treating unequals equally is not right. The story begins when Mr. and Mrs. Bergeron are upset because their son Harrison has been taken away from them. Although they can not

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    Clergyman and peace activist William Sloane Coffin once said, “The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance [sic] can restrain violence - reverance [sic] for human life and the environment”(William Sloane Coffin). Reverence is something sparsely seen in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar; self-interest is the driving force throughout the tragedy, each character having his/her own significance aiding his/her toward either his/her own demise or the ending of the play. Cassius

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    The "People's Princess"            Diana Frances Spencer was born July 1, 1961, at Park House near Sandringham, Norfolk. She was the youngest daughter of three (Sarah b. 1955 and Jane b. 1957), and she had a younger brother Charles (born 1964). Her parents were Viscount and Viscountess Althorp, now the late (8th) Earl Spencer, and the Honorable Mrs. Shand-Kydd, daughter of the 4th Baron Fermoy. Earl Spencer was Equerry to George VI from

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    hName: Johnson Waweru Occupation: Freelance writer Date: 26th November, 2014 Book Review: Playing for Keeps: A History of Early Baseball, 20th Anniversary Edition The development of sports from their early stages, their metamorphosis and evolution to their current form and status is one of the most interesting areas of study. Unfortunately, most writers on such subjects only concentrate on the sport itself and players without exploring other ulterior factors that influence the development of

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    Don Miguel Ruiz once said, “Let’s stop believing that our differences make us superior or inferior to one another” and that statement couldn’t be truer. For quite some time our society uses stereotype in order to rank a person position of importance. For example, someone who is pretty with over a thousand Instagram followers with no actual goals is seemingly more important than someone who is average looking too busy studying for the SATs to take selfies. While the pervious example can be argued

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    William Sloane Coffin once said, ”The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love.” (good connection) Within the novel Between Shades of Gray, written by Ruta Sepetys, the main character, Lina, gets transported to labor camps with her whole family besides her father. Lina then spends most of her time at these labor camps being starved and searching for her father. Throughout the whole experience of the labor camp, love is what keeps Lina moving and stops her

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    When I was in fifth grade, my teacher informed me of an exciting opportunity. I had been selected to act as a peer mediator in my school guidance counselor’s office! I was thrilled at the prospect. The school counselor would guide me in the best ways to deal with student conflict. It was at this point I knew I would be well-suited for this sort of task. Though my undergraduate education was achieved in Aiken, South Carolina, I am called across the Savannah River to achieve a Master’s degree

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    Prior to the Civil War, higher education for African American students was nearly nonexistent. The small percentage who did receive education, such as Thurgood Marshall, often studied in informal and sometimes aggressive settings. Some were forced to educate themselves completely. Some schools for elementary and secondary training existed, such as the Institute for Colored Youth, a school started in the early 1830’s by a group of Philadelphia Quakers. A college education was also offered to a limited

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    Gloria Lujan COMP100 June 22, 2015 Inequality Throughout Genders Every human being has the right to be treated equal, regardless of their skin color, race, gender, or religious preference. The problem in our world to this day is the fact that people, mostly women, are being classified as weak and because of their gender they are being mistreated. In recent cases women have been deprived from a higher education. Also, when working, their workplace is not equal. Gender inequality is happening

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    Freedom Riders were activists who rode interstate transports into segregated southern states. The Freedom riders started their rides in 1961. They additionally rode into the southern states to backing up the decisions of the United States Supreme Court in many court cases ruling segregation unconstitutional. The Southern states disregarded the decisions and the federal government did nothing to help in the implementation of the laws. The first Freedom Ride left Washington, D.C., on May 4, 1961, and

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