Tag: New York Times
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How The Civil War Changed The World
“Even while the Civil War raged, slaves in Cuba could be heard singing, “Avanza, Lincoln, avanza! Tu eres nuestra esperanza!” (Onward, Lincoln, Onward! You are our hope!) – as if they knew, even before the soldiers fighting the war far to the North and long before most politicians understood, that the war in America would…
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Thanksgiving for Men
Civil War Thanksgiving Food How The Civil War Created Thanksgiving History of Thanksgiving Traditions
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“People with high self-esteem pose a greater threat to those around them than people with low self-esteem.” Lauren Slater
So the news is out. After years of study experts have discovered that it’s high self-esteem that poses a bigger threat to society than low. In fact low self-esteem seems to pose very little real threat to civilization. On some level didn’t we already know this? The insufferably self-assured student asking the dumbest questions and…