The coronation of Haile Selassie I seemed to show that the prophecy was fulfilled. ... These movements were similar, but looked to accomplish very different ends. ... They were looked down upon by the middle and upper classes who laughed at the claims and beliefs of the Rastas. ... Its adherents have and should continue to have freedom to preach it" (Lewis, 9). ... Things were beginning to turn around and by the 1970s, the Rastas began to function and get along better with the general populace. ...

• Word Count: 4911
• Approx Pages: 20

"Speak comfort to me, Jacob." ... "Couldn't I take 'em all at once, and have it over, Jacob?" ... "Why, it isn't possible," said Scrooge, "that I can have slept through a whole day and far into another night. ... He sees how engrossed he was in the book, "the spirit pointed to his younger self, intent upon his reading", and Ali Baba, the subject of the book, appears to him. ... I should like to have given him something: that's all". ...

• Word Count: 5644
• Approx Pages: 23
• Grade Level: High School

I do not remember to have ever met a slave who could tell his birthday" (Douglass 13). ... "She was long gone before I knew anything about it I received the tidings of her death with much the same emotions I should have probably felt at the death of a stranger" (Douglass 15). ... In the end, the master voluntarily emancipated his slave because he knew it was the right thing to do. ... In New York , Frederick dropped his two middle names and changed his last name to Douglass to avoid capture (Scruggs). ... Ruggles was deeply committed to the abolition movement, and kindly fetched a reveren...

• Word Count: 5595
• Approx Pages: 22
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales in the era known as the Middle Ages, an era resembling kings, castles, and knights. ... She also cites the cases of King Solomon, Abraham, and Jacob, all who were holy men who had numerous wives to dispute the teaching that Christ commanded marring once, through his example of only attended one wedding. ... WB's awakening occurs as Jankyn reads to her from his "book of evil wives". Why would Jankyn read from this book? ... He is behaving like a medieval cleric but like an inexperienced medieval husband too, for the book is his version of the deportment b...

• Word Count: 2959
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography

Conservative Jews take the middle road, keeping most of the old rituals and beliefs but admitting that change is needed because of the modernization and industrialization of the rest ! ... Life is sacred in Hinduism, to be loved and revered. ... This flight marked the beginning of the Mohammedan Era and is known as the year of the Hejira (or flight). ... He loved perfumes and hated strong drinks. ... He approved assassination when it could help him, and however barbarous or treacherous the means, the end justified the way in his eyes. ...

• Word Count: 9202
• Approx Pages: 37
• Grade Level: High School

To this end I would like to outline the lives of two of Anarchism's most important spokespeople who greatly influenced the Anarchist movement in America - Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman. ... I loved him even while I was afraid of him. I wanted him to love me, but I never knew how to reach his heart. ... We, too, Helena and I, would find a place in the generous heart of America. ... Her request for a modest raise of her wage was met with remarks about her "extravagant tastes", because she complained about her miserable wage which did not only cover her expenses but also did not leave ...

• Word Count: 7067
• Approx Pages: 28
• Grade Level: Undergraduate