(see: #667)
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"i opened the book, picking a passage at random, and came across a tale about alexander the great. the emperor, as the story went, received as a gift some wondrous glass dishes. he liked the gifts very much, but smashed them all nonetheless. "why? are they not beautiful?" he was asked. "precisely because of that," he answered. "they are so beautiful that it would be hard for me to lose them. and with time they would break, one by one. and i would be sorrier than i am now."
the tale was naive but it still astonished me. its lesson was bitter: one should renounce everything he might ever begin to love, because loss and disappointment are inevitable. we must renounce love in order not to lose i…
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state government reform
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newsies
they were young boys who sold newspapers to earn money - instead of going to school. image
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monopoly
exclusive control over an industry or economic market by one company or individual.
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reservation
is an area of public land set aside for use by a certain group, such as an american indian tribe.
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american civil war
the world's first modern war.
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remember the alamo
(see: #635)
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frederick douglass
a former slave, advised president abraham lincoln on black americans' struggles.
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embargo
is a ban on trade with another nation.
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sacagawea
she is credited with helping meriwether lewis and william clark avoid armed conflict with indian tribes. her husband and infant son traveled with her. image
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alexander hamilton
he is often credited with saving the united states from the huge debt it got into to pay for the revolutionary war.
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loyalist
americans who were loyal to the king and did not want independence from great britain were called loyalists.
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common sense
(see: #613)
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tory
colonists loyal to britain.
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benjamin franklin
versatile man, postmaster, foreign ambassador, scientist, inventor, and writer who was able to retire at age 40. he helped draft the declaration of independence too.
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treaty
official agreement between two or more sides of a political issue.