Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himselfEvery man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himselfLocke’s formulation Though the earth, and all inferiour creatures, be common to all men, yet every man has…
The prayer was popularized by Alcoholics Anonymous, whose version of it reads: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference.” God grant me the serenity. to accept the things I cannot change; courage…
Compiled and edited by Eyler Robert Coates, Sr. “A Little Rebellion Now and Then Is a Good Thing: A Letter from Thomas Jefferson to James Madison.” Early America Review 1, no. 1 (1996). Thomas Jefferson never said, “every generation needs a new revolution”, but he did say, “a little rebellion…
(3) When you stand for nothing, you fall for everything. This adage is attributed to Alexander Hamilton, Peter Marshall, and others. Could you explore this topic? It is easier to fall for anything than to stand for something. (3) When you stand for nothing, you fall for everything. This adage…
In 1434, Giovanni’s son Cosimo de’ Medici (1389-1464) became the first Medici to de facto rule Florence. There were three branches of Medicis that successfully gained power – the line of Chiarissimo II, the line of Cosimo (known as Cosimo the Elder) and the descendants of his brother, who went…
Louis XV, byname Louis the Well-Beloved, French Louis le Bien-Aimé, (born February 15, 1710, Versailles, France—died May 10, 1774, Versailles), king of France from 1715 to 1774, whose ineffectual rule contributed to the decline of royal authority that led to the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789. The monarchs…
While Shaista Khan, Murshid Quli Khan and Ibrahim Khan commanded the rest of the army and its reserves around Golconda Fort and throughout all the Qutbshahi territory. The ruler of Golconda Fort, Abul Hasan Qutb Shah had strong walls reinforced with granite and a very powerful mortar called the Pata…
Charles, more often known as Charles the Great or Charlemagne, embarked upon a programme of systematic expansion in 774 that unified a large portion of Europe, eventually controlling modern-day France, northern Italy, and Saxony. The rulers of the Middle Ages in England include: 1 Edward the Confessor (1042-1066) 2 Harold…
Contents. The general and dictator Francisco FrancoFrancisco FrancoBorn in Ferrol, Galicia, into an upper-class military family, Franco served in the Spanish Army as a cadet in the Toledo Infantry Academy from 1907 to 1910. While serving in Morocco, he rose through the ranks to become a brigadier general in 1926…
The Saint Lawrence River runs 3,058 kilometres (1,900 mi) from the farthest headwater to the mouth and 1,197 km (743.8 mi) from the outflow of Lake Ontario. These numbers include the estuary; without the estuary the length from Lake Ontario is ca. 500 km (ca. 300 mi). The 1959 completion…