Alexander Hamilton helped shape America as a founding father‚ in ways such as politics and government. One of the most famous quotes from him is “Those who stand for nothing fall for anything” (Alexander Hamilton). Born on the small West British Indies island of Nevis‚ Alexander was made to be a historical figure of importance. He had shown signs of great intelligence starting after a hurricane hit his hometown‚ and he wrote essays non-stop. He was one of the hardest working founding fathers
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In Paper #1 of the Federalist Papers‚ Alexander Hamilton calls on the American public to engage in a process of “reflection and choice”. By this‚ he means that he would like to see Americans foster political reflection in a public sphere. The face-to-face debate clubs and small-scale pamphleteering described by Benjamin Franklin in The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is much more effective at promoting political reflection in the public sphere than the current mass media. The small-scale efforts
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producing enough college graduates to sustain our new STEM-driven economy‚ and the current model is admitted outdated‚ according to an official at California State University (Shockley). Americans must ask themselves how college dropout‚ Alexander Hamilton would have been able to succeed in his time with the requirements we place on college educations today? The answer is no. Americans have allowed the wonder and excitement that has come with pursuing the American Dream to be overtaken by petty and
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In the musical Hamilton‚ the character Angelica Schuyler recognizes it as a “fundamental truth” that she is “a girl in a world where [her] only job is to marry rich.” The story took place in the latter quarter of the 1700s but even nearly a century later‚ those societal standards had failed to change. In his poetic sequence Modern Love‚ George Meredith paints a scathing picture of “modern love‚” critiquing it as a facade belying the fact that marriages contained little real love in his time and were
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that can help people survive. Bethany Hamilton was able to survive a shark attack‚ Aron Ralston managed to escape from being trapped under a rock‚ and Hyeonseo Lee managed to escape from North Korea. Each of them was able to use a different skill that aided in their survival. To be a survivor people should stay calm‚ be smart‚ and have self-control. To begin‚ being calm has helped many people survive dangerous situations. This can be seen when Bethany Hamilton stays calm after a shark attack and is
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Alexander Hamilton was a man of great importance during the time of the American Revolution. He was one of our founding forefathers‚ and had become the first Secretary of Treasury from 1789 to 1795. After his death on July 12‚ 1804 from gunshot wounds as a result of a duel against his rival Aaron Burr‚ he had left a great impact on the state of our government today‚ because of his different point of views and accomplishments. Hamilton had a depressing childhood‚ but because he had overcome all of
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adversities to overcome and they did it. While both Bethany Hamilton and Aimee Mullin have adapted to their disabilities‚ they are different in the ways they approach them. Both Bethany Hamilton and Aimee Mullin had to accept the fact that they weren’t the same as before. Aimee Mullin joined track and field at her school. This is important because she got back out there and didn’t let her disability stop her. Similarly‚ Bethany Hamilton went back into the water and tried to surf again. This event
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861.00/2 - 2246: Telegram The Charge in the Soviet Union (Kennan) to the Secretary of State SECRET Moscow‚ February 22‚ 1946--9 p.m. [Received February 22--3: 52 p.m.] 511. Answer to Dept’s 284‚ Feb 3 [13] involves questions so intricate‚ so delicate‚ so strange to our form of thought‚ and so important to analysis of our international environment that I cannot compress answers into single brief message without yielding to what I feel would be dangerous degree of over-simplification. I hope‚ therefore
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Edith Hamilton comparing Perseus’ story to the well known Disney story‚ Cinderella is undoubtedly a genius idea because more readers will understand the moral of the story and what he is trying to convey. Using this method to engage readers make them more intrigued and understandable especially when mythology relationships and stories may be a bit intricate to comprehend. Some examples of how Perseus’ stories relate to Cinderella is when the Disney princess has certain rules she has to follow
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can Thomas Jefferson. The election was often referred to as the Revolution of 1800‚ the year Thomas Jefferson defeated John Adams to be elected as the nation’s new president. Years prior to the Election of 1800‚ Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton argued over issues of of constitutional interpretation‚ the policies of the Republicans in the years of their presidency (18011817) reflected the same beliefs as the Federalists. Jefferson went against his his convictions that got him elected by
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