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Samuel Longhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was the first of his kind: a truly national hero of simple yet amusing and engaging stories at a time when our country, fresh out of a devastating internal conflict and in need…
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There are two fundamental types of rights by which any given right can be subsequently categorized very simply; by nature, they are polar opposites and contradictory to one another. These types are called negative rights and positive rights. This system coincides with the state’s…
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In a matter of minutes, President Abraham Lincoln made history at the dedication ceremony for the Soldiers National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on November 19, 1863, where he delivered to a crowd of 15,000 his famed Gettysburg Address–perhaps the most influential political presentation in…