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The present paper is the representation of my Reflections on history and the question of whether history teaches us lessons.... The aim of the work is to find reasonable conclusion - is it really that history gives us lessons and we don't learn them, or is it that history does not give us any lessons, and it is the matter of our false interpretation of major historical events The answer is yet to be found here.
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The events, which take place at present on the international arena, especially those connected with the violence and death of people, make us think and reflect on the assertion, that people can hardly learn the lessons which history gives us....
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This essay describes the historical events of the Elections of 1860 and the Chase Impeachment of 1804, that was carried out against Samuel Chase, then the US Supreme Court Justice, who gained controversy due to his rebellion against the United States government.... hellip; The researcher discusses the Elections in the US in 1860 and 1804 impichment case and states that Jefferson Democratic Republicans were offended when Chase criticized their policies in front of the Baltimore Grand Jury in 1803, so that his post was subsequently occupied by Justice Marshall during his declining years....
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America, for instance, has had its share of disputed and controversial elections, beginning from the fourth election in 1800.... Since then, the country has had several… This paper analyzes the controversial and disputed elections of 1960 and 2004, with emphasis on effects of the results on both the blacks and whites (Schlesinger 62).
Few American elections qualify Nonetheless, some stand out as the ultimate mark of controversy and even legal dispute....
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The work is a revelation of the sky's marvellous colours coupled with the scene's reflections as well as the striking contrast of the artificial stars and the gas natural beauty lights.... Within the small Provencal town as well as the surrounding countryside, he sought to spend extraordinarily productive periods in activities of painting, writing, and drawing....
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While the entity had held the position of 3rd largest municipality globally, WWII brought about major changes, which were to impact fundamentally, on its overall standing and role-play; not only in terms of German history, but also global geo-politics.... Hence, the critical place it holds in history, and the need for its reflection on contemporary society (Gill 13).... history dealt a heavy blow to this area, especially during the ‘Cold War' Era thereby isolating the section of the former West Berlin territory....
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Fifteen years from now I would remember the lesson that the democracy and freedom people enjoy today were a result of sacrifices of men and women in history.... It would make me a more responsible citizen because these lessons will make not to take for granted the freedom and… People today particularly in the United States are enjoying the democratic space where we are free to express ourselves, elect our own leader and have the opportunity to pursue our endeavors are a result of the brave men and women before who Teacher Reflection Fifteen years from now I would remember the lesson that the democracy and freedom people enjoy today were a result of sacrifices of men and women in history....
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The current paper highlights that contemporary authors, without any significant exclusion, come together in thinking that nations are unified through psychological rather than by material, physical or traditional bonds.... Nationalism is something embedded in the strength of mind.... hellip; Precisely what the character of the psychological dimension may be that brings together, what it is that transforms when a group of people is renewed into a nation, or what is changed in a person when he shifts his commitment from one nation to another, is not explained clearly where any effort is exerted to find an answer to the problem....
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Rushdie's novel, with the help of multiple versions of history that questions the authenticity of a monolithic, scripture-like, official history of a nation, the project's his antagonism towards any sort of essentialism in the post-colonial context.... he novel reminds one of Tristram Shandy in its description of the protagonist of Saleem Sinai's life history.... nbsp;However, Rushdie took a sudden time-shift back to 1915 to describe Saleem's family history with the arrival of his maternal grandfather Dr....
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