... back into their own lands, the Israelites began to publicly study the Torah, or Pentateuch (the first five books of! our Bibles), and write their thoughts upon it. These thoughts and clarifications were collected and bound in two volumes, called the Mishna and the Talmud. With Alexander the ... exaggeration, Mohammed is shown by his life and deeds to have been a man of dauntless courage, great generalship, strong patriotism, great mercy, and quick to forgive. Yet through this all he was ruthless in his dealings with Jews when once he ceased to hope for their submission. He approved ......

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... a revolutionary thinker against traditional culture before most writers of modern time. As war continued to rage through the world, Cummings" continued to write his concerns. In another anti-war protest poem, "my sweet old etectera," Cummings reveals the discrepancy between those who support war and the ... the town when he bitterly states "When in Doubt, but it off," which shows the mentality of New Englanders to choose quick, material answers, versus not relying on money. Later, his poetry moves more specifically to the individuals within Massachusetts. In "The Cambridge Ladies," singl...

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