"A Letter To A Royal Academy" was composed in response to a call for scientific papers from the Royal Academy of Brussels. Franklin believed that the various academic societies in Europe were increasingly pretentious and concerned with the impractical. Revealing his "bawdy‚ scurrilous side‚" [3] Franklin responded with an essay suggesting that research and practical reasoning be undertaken into methods of improving the odor of human flatulence. [1] The essay was never submitted but was sent as
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historians‚ such as William Kuhn‚ argue that William Gladstone‚ the Liberal Prime Minister‚ passed many other reforms as well to help the working class‚ including the Ballot Act of 1872. However‚ some historians‚ such as Monypenny and Buckle‚ say that Benjamin Disraeli‚ the Conservative Prime Minister‚ did more to help the working class‚ including passing the Second Great Reform Act of 1867. The issue of trade union reforms was heavily involved in both Prime Minister’s term of offices‚ to which Disraeli
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full swing even though society was slowly realizing it was wrong. Franklin instead of forming a protest and speaking out against anyone who owns slaves‚ Franklin wrote “The Pennsylvania Abolition Society to the United States Congress” and the piece “Benjamin Franklin to the Federal Gazette” to highlight the unjustness of slavery in both a forward way of all are equal and satirical way. When reading such writing both give the reader a gentle push to consider whether they are in the wrong without reprimanding
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The Many Me’s Questionnaire Words or phrases I use to describe my physical self 1. I am blue eyed man 2. I am 5’11 3. I am Stocky built 4. I am Balding 5. I am Average Words or phrases I use to describe my personality 6. I am Authoritative 7. I am curious 8. I am analytical 9. I am kind 10. I am ambitious Words or phrases I use to describe my social self (me interacting with others) 11. I am outgoing 12. I am comical 13. I am a good listener 14. I am a good communicator 15
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period from 1750 to 1776‚ Americans undoubtedly developed a stronger‚ not solidified‚ sense of unity against a common enemy‚ the British. Even during the 1750s‚ when no particular duties or grievance troubled the American colonists (from the British)‚ Benjamin Franklin proposed the Albany Plan of Union in order to secure the Iroquois loyalty and raise inter-colonial unity/agreement. Through political cartoon such as the famous ’Join‚ or Die’ fragmented snake‚ Ben Franklin hinted at the fact that‚ against
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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense Analysis Early American History is filled with influential figures that helped our country become the nation we are today. You hear about all the famous Americans like George Washington‚ Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin growing up in grade school‚ and how they helped in our drive for independence. There also is however many people who’s importance to our revolution are not as celebrated. One of these men is Thomas Paine‚ who wrote Common Sense‚ a pamphlet anonymously
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Throughout history‚ there is not an event that can relate to the one of the American Revolution. This revolution that took place in the Americas had many events that led to this revolution for the colonies. The events that slowly crept up to the much-needed revolution was in the period from 1750 to 1776. During this time‚ the struggling American colonies that were under control by the English and its parliament were dealing with different situations politically‚ socially and economically that led
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Emily Thou Mr. G./ Period 1 September 14‚ 2012 Causes of the American Revolution The American Revolution began in 1755 as an open conflict between the thirteen colonies and Great Britain. The Treaty of Paris had ended that war in 1783‚ giving the colonies their own independence. There are many factors contributing to the start of the Revolution‚ but the war began as the way The Great Britain treated the colonies versus the way the colonies felt they should be treated. For example‚ the French
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By mid-century there will likely be 9 billion people on the planet‚ consuming ever more resources and leading ever more technologically complex lives. What will our cities be like? How will we eat? Will global warming trigger catastrophic changes‚ or will we be able to engineer our way out of the climate crisis? Making predictions is‚ by nature‚ a dicey business‚ but to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Smithsonian magazine Big Think asked top minds from a variety of fields to weigh in on what
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The Way to Wealth (1758) by Benjamin Franklin If time is of all things the most precious‚ wasting time must be the greatest prodigality; since lost time is never found again‚ and what we call time enough always proves too little. Let us then be up and doing and doing to a purpose‚ so by diligence we should do more with less perplexity. Sloth makes all things difficult‚ but industry all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day and shall scarce overtake the business at night; while
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