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Those who want to do good are not selfish. They are not in a hurry. They know that to impregnate people with good requires a long time. But evil has wings. To build a house takes time, it's destruction takes none. - Mohandas Gandhi

"I've experienced being in a relationship where a girl is 16 years old, but all I saw was immaturity."

Sounds interesting-I just might have to go look for it with in the next couple of weeks. It is true-so often textbooks and teachers try to 'cover the sun with their hand.' If you don't look for yourself and read primary sources you don't know. Yes, many of the very same men who 'preached' and end to slavery were in fact slaveowners themselves. Jefferson left it written in his will that upon his death ownership would be passed on to his wife and that upon her death they might secure their freedom. It was those very same slaves that built his Monticello. It was a sort of double jeopardy I suppose, because during those times slaveowning was like owning property, the more you owned the higher up you were in the social ranks. 2 books I read that caught my attention were Lance Banning Liberty and Order: The First American Party Struggle. and Joseph J Ellis Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation. If you have limited vocabulary grab a dictionary, preferable collegiate and that gives English (not American) definitions, and remember words are not used in the same context as they are now, you have to remember the time period and what is going on. They focus on what the men argued about, banking, slavery, shipping, supremacy, etc., typical subjects during the time. Thanks for the suggestion Balam.

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Abraham Lincoln is looked upon as a great man because he helped established the 13th amendment and abolished slavery after the Civil War, but the only reason he offered slaves freedom was out of self interest and not so much because he was against slavery. The North was in bad shape at one point during the Civil War and was at risk of losing it, so good ol’ honest Abe pitched the slaves the promise of freedom if they were willing to fight for the North because he had no one else to help bail him out in his time of need and naturally the slaves accepted the offer and helped turn the tide in the North’s favor....

Another president that is looked highly upon is JFK for his involvement in civil rights work the truth of the matter is that he didn't show interest in the issue until one of his brothers was killed on a freedom rider buses when it was attacked with a bomb.....

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Abraham Lincoln is looked upon as a great man because he helped established the 13th amendment and abolished slavery after the Civil War, but the only reason he offered slaves freedom was out of self interest and not so much because he was against slavery. The North was in bad shape at one point during the Civil War and was at risk of losing it, so good ol’ honest Abe pitched the slaves the promise of freedom if they were willing to fight for the North because he had no one else to help bail him out in his time of need and naturally the slaves accepted the offer and helped turn the tide in the North’s favor.... Another president that is looked highly upon is JFK for his involvement in civil rights work the truth of the matter is that he didn't show interest in the issue until one of his brothers was killed on a freedom rider buses when it was attacked with a bomb.....

Asi son los politicos. Not surprised or amazed. lol

Just how all of the wars that the US has ever been involved in were for other reasons, not what we learn in textbooks or what the media tells us.

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You know I went looking for this book and was not able to find it- I might just have to look at our local library and see if they have it. You really got me interested in this one.

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Those who want to do good are not selfish. They are not in a hurry. They know that to impregnate people with good requires a long time. But evil has wings. To build a house takes time, it's destruction takes none. - Mohandas Gandhi

"I've experienced being in a relationship where a girl is 16 years old, but all I saw was immaturity."

That's what I was looking around at just a few minutes ago-as Pete says, 'Google is your friend!"

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Those who want to do good are not selfish. They are not in a hurry. They know that to impregnate people with good requires a long time. But evil has wings. To build a house takes time, it's destruction takes none. - Mohandas Gandhi

"I've experienced being in a relationship where a girl is 16 years old, but all I saw was immaturity."

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humm sounds cool ill look it up
graci Balam

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