Candice Millard’s Destiny of the Republic is a historical novel that explains who James Garfield was, how he became the United States’ 20th president, as well as his assassination. Millard explains how James Garfield started out as a child in a poverty-stricken family who overcame poverty to later become President of the United States. In this novel, Millard shows the kind of people person James Garfield was in comparison with the type of person his assassin Charles Guiteau was. Destiny of the Republic
Ken Kirkpatrick is a stalwart of the New Zealand food (particularly dairy) industry and has a long and exceptional record of service in scientific, technical, marketing and managerial roles. Ken was dux of Gore High School where he excelled in scientific, language and cultural subjects. He graduated from Canterbury University BE (Chem Eng) (Hons) in 1963 and, with the help of a NZ Dairy Research Institute (NZDRI) scholarship, completed his PhD in the electrochemistry of aluminium under the supervision
President Rutherford B. Hayes former governor of Ohio was the 1876 presidential nominated for the Republican Party and he was chosen over the more dynamic Speaker of the House of Representative, James G. Blaine. Corruption in politics was widespread. Hayes was elected by a narrow margin of 185 electoral votes to 184 in a disputed election over the Democratic nominee Samuel Tilden, even though Tilden won the popular vote. The election was so contentious that some Democrats threatened to march on Washington
Union and was imprisoned during the great purges, rehabilitated, and then instituted a medal for his loyalty. “And the party appreciated his devotion… it had got him this job with the writers” Many of those who survived the purges were considered stalwart, and despite suffering, were still loyal to the communist cause. Lukin also fought in many campaigns, “he knew that he belonged in every fiber of his being, body, and soul, only to the security system… the party and the system were one for him” These
etc MindTree Consulting About MindTree (www.mindtree.com) Imagination, action and joy are what MindTree is all about. One of the most high-profile start-ups to have been formed last year, MindTree is a mission by itself led by stalwarts of Indian IT industry, Ashok Soota (ex-CEO of Wipro Infotech ) and Subroto Bagchi ( Founder of Lucent, India ). Clear-cut goals to be the post-millennial organization, to create an international consulting company operating in ebusiness and convergent
his family album, newspaper articles, paintings and writings on Istanbul by luminaries from different walks of life. Pamuk, appears intermittently as both the narrator and author who narrates his experiences of the city. The four famous Turkish stalwarts, Yahya Kemal, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar, Abdulhak Sinasi Hisar and Resat Ekrem Kocu, played a prominent role in the creation of Pamuk’s Istanbul hence providing him with an Istanbul he has never seen. Throughout the narrative, he refers to various Turkish
Inconveniencing Traditional Politics Fundamentally, in the United States there are two parties and ideologies attached to them. The Democrats represent the left: stalwart vanguards of progressivism that put the working-class ahead of the corporate overlords, and defend the minorities from the majority. The Republicans represent the right: traditionalists who cling to the ideals of small government, individualism, and personal liberty. In theory then, it should be easy to place the supporters of
A. Population post-civil war republic was increasing by leaps and bounds 1. Census takers 36 million in 1870 a 26.6% increase B. The United States is now the third largest nation in the western world 1. Ranked behind Russia and France II. The “Bloody Shirt” Elects Grant A. The Republicans nominated Civil War General Ulysses S. Grant, he was a great soldier but no political experience. 1. The Democrats could only criticize military Reconstruction and couldn’t agree on anything, causing them to be
shown to have both been written by Ibsen not only through characteristic technique such as blocking and character exposition, but also the similarity in the decay of the social persona of characters from the norm and the main character's heightening stalwart. The later of that statement proves the works to be Ibsen's writing more effectively because such a commonality is a more direct link between works than such subtlies as character exposition. Yet why does one care if they can prove if a work is
established earlier by Gothic novelists. Stoker worked variations on the traditional types of the persecuted maiden, the stalwart young hero, and the diabolic villain” (31). B. Mina Murray-Harker is the “persecuted maiden” in Dracula. 1. Exemplifying the perfect Victorian woman, Mina is the persecuted maiden in the novel because she unrightfully fell victim to Dracula. C. The stalwart young hero in Dracula is embodied by Jonathan Harker. 1. Jonathan is the man that finally kills Dracula. By killing
never thoroughly explained by the author's dependence on a psychoanalytical interpretation of a major character. The boys who are spoiled or turned into budding homosexuals by their mothers and a loveless home life are as familiar to us today as stalwart and dependable young heroes such as John Wayne were to an earlier generation. We have accepted this interpretation of the restlessness and bewilderment of our young men and boys because no one had anything better to offer. It is tragic to hear the
An eagle soars high, free of the shackles of the Earth and its restrictions. That eagle is the United States of America, the most powerful nation in the world. The American Dream is to get something for nothing. Started by a small colony of Puritans seeking religious freedom in 1620, the United States has become the flagship of opportunity, where trash turns to treasure, and anyone can become anything. However, I digress. I would assert rather that the American Dream is to nurture and earn something
The Fall of the Compson Family in Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury That Faulkner’s title for his complicated The Sound and the Fury comes from Macbeth is common knowledge, and reading the novel only confirms Faulkner’s choice as sound. Certainly there is an almost constant desire to behead characters so as to quiet their almost constant “bellering.” The common theme critics identify in the novel is the terrible fall of the Southern aristocracy, yet I cannot help but think that there was not
When you are young and even well into your adult years people will tell you there will always be somebody who is smarter, faster, happier, or better at something than you are. This is true for all periods of time but in the Gilded Age those who were better gained more and more crushing the people below them with unprecedented greed, corruption, and power. The few exploited the many by way of opportunity. Something our nation was built on, yet the avaricious elite used it for evil methods. In the
many weapons will cause us to get greedy and too powerful. Many other countries despise us. Countries like Russia, China, and even small ones like North Korea are powerful and the US doesn^t have really good relations with them. They may be stalwart, but they still want our technology and power. Most of the countries are not as wealthy as us. Some are also hostile. They wish to obtain our weaponry. If we do employ the SW system, it may violate international peace treaties because we
Corps doctrine, but it also holds a hidden vision for many Generals. There are lessons in training methodology, leadership, and ethics as well. Because of this, it has made Card’s book, an often read title for many years; Ender’s Game has been a stalwart item on the Marine Corps Reading List since its inception. Then Captain John Schmitt, author of Warfighting (a foundational book on Marine maneuver warfare doctrine) used it to teach. Schmitt said, "Winning wars depends on the quality of the people
Distinguished guests, parents, members of the faculty a pleasant evening to you all. As you may know, I am Dr. Melbourne the President of the Wiley College. This evening I am indeed honored to be hosting this Awards Dinner for the Wiley College debaters. As we all know, our debaters namely Henry Lowe who served as the captain, he helped his teammates to believe in themselves in times of doubt. James Farmer, Jr. 14-year-old prodigy who is well acclimated in the field of research. And last but not
threaten their lives, they'll threaten to kill their families, and if you ever leave, ‘We will kill you, and we'll track down your family and kill them too’” (Clements 1). This method can use the fear of one’s life to gain groups of thousands of young, stalwart, and incentivized people that are willing to lay their life on the line for their terrorist group. To conclude, when terrorist group indoctrinates the young, it creates fear inside them and gives them no other option when it comes to what to do
He is both mentally and physically strong. Some ways he is physically strong is, he’s stalwart enough to kill Nag and Nagaina, and Karait, even though he is much smaller than Nag and Nagaina. He is also sinewy enough to survive a flood. Some of the ways he’s mentally strong is he doesn’t give in to Nag and Nagaina’s head games. He’s also mentally
Okonkwo lived in constant terror. In Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart, the tough, stalwart Okonkwo has the fear of failure and weakness dominate his life. Though he may not be completely aware of it, he lives in fear of failure and weakness which leads to his destruction. Okonkwo lives in a society where masculinity is seen as something extremely important. He feels like he has to prove his masculinity and assert his dominance at every point in order to not be challenged by anyone