How to Write a History Narrative Essay: Step by Step Guide
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- Written by Emily Johnson
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A narrative essay is used for describing an event in the form of a story. When such essays are composed in a historical context, a proper structure is followed that reflects the theme and signifies the era in which that particular event took place.
The Government Class Book: Principles of Government
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- Written by Andrew W. Young
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Chapter I
Mankind is fitted for Society, and for Civil Government and Laws.
§1. Mankind are social beings. They are by nature fitted for society. By this, we mean that they are naturally disposed to associate with each other. Indeed, such is their nature, that they could not be happy without such association. Hence we conclude that the Creator has designed men for society. It can not, therefore, be true, as some say, that the savage state is the natural state of man.
The Community's Religious Life
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- Written by Dwight Sanderson
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From the earliest times and among all peoples the common religious life has formed one of the strongest bonds of the rural community. Several of the original thirteen colonies which formed the United States were settled by those seeking freedom to worship as they chose, and as their descendants migrated westward many of the new settlements were largely composed of the membership of some one church or those of a similar faith.
The Kansas Spirit
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- Written by Anna E. Arnold
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Introduction
Kansas is a great State; great in size and wealth, great in industries and resources, and great in what it has accomplished. But there are states that are larger, others that are wealthier, and many that have larger cities, greater population, a longer history, and more splendid memorials, so it is not for these things that Kansas is especially noted among the states. The quality that is the mark of its distinction is the character of its history and of its people.
How the Door Into the Far West was Opened
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- Written by H.E. Marshall
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Very little was known of this vast territory which was thus added to the United States. For the most part it was pathless wilderness where no white man had ever set foot. Long before the Louisiana Purchase Jefferson had wanted to send out an exploring party into this unknown west. Now he was more anxious for it than ever. And at length he succeeded in getting an expedition sent out.
The Great American Desert
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- Written by Leola Howard Blanchard
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Soon after the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States, expeditions were sent out by the government to explore the region west of the Mississippi. The first reliable information as to cHmate and general features of the country was from the report of the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804-5-6.