③It did much to crystallize militant antislavery sentiment in the North, and therefore was an important factor in precipitating the American Civil War (1861-1865). No wonder President Abraham Lincoln is credited with having humorously described Stowe as ―the little woman who wrote the book that...
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He wrote that the day would be celebrated by future generations with “Pomp and Parade…Games,Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires, and Illuminations from one end of this Continent to the other.” Despite the accuracy of his predictions about how Americans would celebrate, he did miss one detail. ...
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We did a lot of rock work this year. This happened while I was away. Crew colleague Cindy Ardecki shared her video of this rock’s journey. There is more than one way to move a BFR as you will see. The previous day we used a different technique while working on the Overall Run...
Thomas Paine, Henry Thoreau etc. “Camus introduces his philosophy of the absurd, man’s futile search for meaning, unity, and clarity in the face of an unintelligible world devoid of God and eternal truths or values. Does the realization of the absurd require suicide? Camus answers, “No....
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In 1966 James Baldwin wrote an essay in which he described the tense relationship—really no relationship at all—between the police and the people of Harlem. Sadly, it hasn’t dated much.