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Having a Successful Life, Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of…

- - - - She was an early American colonist of the Americas who was a Puritain. She was eventually captured by Native Americans for about 11 weeks and was held for ransom and told her story through her narrative The Sovereignty and Goodness of God.
        
        "When the Lord had brought his people to this, that they saw no help in any thing but himself, then he takes the quarrel into his own hand; and tho’ they had made a pit, as deep as hell for the Christians that summer, yet the Lord hurled themselves into it."
        
        Through all Mary went through she held onto her faith. She thought to herself that this is Gods will and saw the bright side to everything that was thrown her direction. This helped her keep her sanity tell she was released.
    - - Jonathan Edwards was one of the main people from the American Enlightenment. He was a very important philosopher.
        
        In Edwards Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God lies this quote: "their foot shall slide. Then they shall be left to fall, as they are inclined by their own weight".
        
        This quote is saying that no one is perfect. Everyone has their faults and sometimes you might slip and fall. A good way to take those experience is to find the positive in it. In any failure you can always find a lesson to be learned.
  - - - One of the founders of Massachusetts Bay Colony who was a Puritan. He lead some of the first settlers to America and served as the governor for their colony. He also wrote A Model of Christian Charity which was a sermon he gave to his community
        
        "Therefore let us choose life—that we, and our seed may live, by obeying His voice and cleaving to Him, for He is our life and our prosperity."
        
        Being a new colony there was a lot of uncertainty if it would be successful or not. By preaching to his community it let them give their faith to a higher power. They trusted that everything happened for a reason and had faith through the ups and downs.
    - - So who was Ann Hutchison? She was a Puritan advisor who was involved in the Antinomian Controversy. This was the Massachusetts ministers going up agents the Puritan minister. This eventually went to trial and because Anne's views were different she was banished from the colony.
        
        By the voice of his own spirit to my soul. I will give you another scripture, Jer. 46. 27, 28 -out of which the Lord shewed me what he would do for me and the rest of his servants. -- But after he was pleased to reveal himself to me . . . Ever since that time I have been confident of what he hath revealed unto me. . . Therefore I desire you to look to it, for you see this scripture fulfilled this day and therefore I desire you that as you tender the Lord and the church and commonwealth to consider and look what you do. You have power over my body but the Lord Jesus hath power over my body and soul, and assure yourselves thus much, you do as much as in you lies to put the Lord Jesus Christ from you, and if you go on in this course you begin you wil I bring a curse upon you and your posterity, and the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. . . .
        
        As I said, this trial resulted in Anne being banished from the colony. This was unfortunate for her, however I think it is very important to note the faith she had. She knew that there was a chance for this but she still fought to be heard. Even though to the Puritans she would not have been labeled successful in her eyes with her beliefs she was. This leads to the idea that success is what you as a person define it as.
- - - - Abigail was the wife of John Adams and was one of the founders of the United States. Not only that but she was one of the first women advocates for equality.
        
        "Men of Sense in all Ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your Sex. Regard us then as Beings placed by providence under your protection and in imitation of the Supreme Being make use of that power only for our happiness."
        
        This is from a letter that Abigail sent to her husband John. She talk about how women are only ween as a servant and not a equal. This letter is just the start of a movement that paves the way for women's rights by them fighting for what they believe in.
    - - Martin was a civil rights activist in the 1950s. He played a major role in changing society to be accepting of other races.
        
        While he was Birmingham Jail he composed a letter that has this quote in it: "Perhaps it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say Wait'"
        
        This quote is saying how people don't know what its like to be in another's shoes. People who are for racism or simple don't care about what's happening do not know what its like. This is just one of the many things Martin preaches. He make his own path which made him successful in his mission.
  - - - Thomas Pain was an political activist that was originally born in England and traveled to the United States. He supported the revolution and published a pamphlet called "Common Sense"
        
        In the pamphlet there is this quote: “Small islands not capable of protecting themselves are the proper objects for government to take under their care; but there is something absurd, in supposing a Continent to be perpetually governed by an island. In no instance hath nature made the satellite larger than its primary planet; and as England and America, with respect to each other, reverse the common order of nature, it is evident that they belong to different systems. England to Europe: America to itself.”
        
        Breaking off and forming a country is about as far off from the path as you can get. People were sick of their government and decided to do their own thing and fought for what they believed in.
- - - - John Hector was a writer who came to America as a map maker. While he was on his journey he wrote letters. Specifically his 3rd letter was titles "what is an American?"
        
        This quote comes from his 3rd letter: "He is an American, who, leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced, the new government he obeys, and the new rank he holds."
        
        What Hector is saying here is the foundation of America and is where the American Dream comes from. People came to America to start a new with hopes of being successful and in their actions a successful country was built.
    - - Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the Unites States. He was a writer and scientist that put his efforts in forming and molding a new country.
        
        In his autobiography is this quote: "Having emerged from the poverty and obscurity in which I was born and bred, to a state of affluence and some degree of reputation in the world, and having gone so far through life with a considerable share of felicity, the conducing means I made use of, which with the blessing of God so well succeeded, my posterity may like to know, as they may find some of them suitable to their own situations, and therefore fit to be imitated."
        
        This quote is Franklin explaining to the reader how he came from nothing. Even though he did not have an ideal childhood he still persevered. Just because you've been given a bad hand dose not mean you wont be successful, that's what the American dream is all about.
  - - - Henry Thoreau was an American philosopher and poet. He believed in not letting yourself get controlled by the government and relying on yourself.
        
        One of the many things he wrote was “On Civil Disobedience”. " A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority"
        
        This quote is saying that you should not leave your fate to anyone but yourself. You are the captain of your own ship and only you get to decide where to sail. Waiting for others to make the choice for you will only cause you to think what if.
    - - Edgar Poe is best know as a poet and for his short stories. Most of his work is on the darker side.
        
        In Poe's poem "the Conqueror Worm" is this quote: "and much of Madness, and more of Sin, and Horror the soul of the plot."
        
        The thing about poetry it can be interpreted many different ways and be applied to multiple situations. This quote is saying that society itself is madness. People at their nature are not bad but its society that changes them. Meeting a random person you never truly know who they are deep down. This is why being self reliant is important to being successful. Not waiting for others that you might not be able to rely on
- - - - Betty Friedan was a writer and activist who was one of the leaders of the women's rights movement.
        
        This quote is form "The Problem that has no Name". "For over fifteen years there was no word of this yearning in the millions of words written about women, for women, in all the columns, books and articles by experts telling women their role was to seek fulfillment as wives and mothers."
        
        When it comes to being successful most people just assume it will happen without giving it their all or they think its too big of a mountain to climb. Women's rights was one of these mountains and Betty Friedan wanted to conquer it. She dedicated her life and put her all into changing them. Bein successful in your eyes requires hard work no matter what it is.
    - - Phyllis Schlafy was a anti-feminist activist who fought against women's rights.
        
        This quote is from her speech "What's Wrong with Equal Rights for Women?": "If the women’s libbers want to reject marriage and motherhood, it’s a free country and that is their choice. But let’s not permit these women’s libbers to get away with pretending to speak for the rest of us. Let’s not permit this tiny minority to degrade the role that most women prefer. Let’s not let these women’s libbers deprive wives and mothers of the rights we now possess."
        
        Phyllis Schlafly was against equal rights and wanted her voice to be heard. In our society now most people would not agree with her, however its her right to share her opinion. She put her hard work into fighting for what she thought was right.
  - - - Ralph Martin was an American journalist and writer.
        
        In his article Life in the New Suburbia lies this quote: "One woman left her faucet running and came back to a flooded kitchen, but six neighbors were already mopping it up."
        
        This quote is saying that suburbia in ways can act as a brace. Taking this out of the suburbia context it can be applied to being successful. Sometimes things can be too hard to do alone and you might need to lean on someone. A big thing to take away is to not overuse crutch and finding that balance.
    - - "At a certain point in the drinking of every alcoholic, he passes into a state where the most powerful desire to stop drinking is of absolutely no avail."
        
        This quote is not leaving anything to interpretation. Addiction is one of those things that has plagued society and for a lot of people they will never get clean. Friends and family are a big support for these people to help get them clean. You can count on their support to help you, however it still all comes down you the person themselves. They are the person that has to commit to it.
- - - - One of her many published articles is "Surviving Usefulness", this quote comes from it. "Sometimes it’s good to be stuck in the in-between, even if it’s uncomfortable.:
        
        The idea of being stuck in the middle is where you can truly understand yourself. Not knowing if you should go right or left makes you question each choice. This will make whoever it is look at themselves and think. Once you understand yourself that's where you'll realize what the right choice is.
- - - - Dale Carnegie was a writer who also was invested in self improvement.
        
        "get out of a mental rut think new thoughts, acquire new visions,"
        
        This quote is form Dale Carnegie's book "How to Win Friend and Influence People". This is a important factor when it comes to being at ease with yourself. In order to be successful and feel fulfilled in your life you have to work on yourself first.
    - - Allen was a poet and writer and his most know poem is "Howl' that picked apart capitalism.
        
        This quote is from Ginsberg's Howl: "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked,"
        
        This quote is saying how he saw academics conform and blend into society which was their downfall. Simply following the path everyone else is in might make you wealthy in the end but you wont have that fulfillment.
  - - - Malcom X was a equal rights activist, unlike King Jr he promoted riots and acts of violence for the cause.
        
        "We want to talk right down to earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand. We all agree tonight, all of the speakers have agreed, that America has a very serious problem."
        
        Malcom may have gone about his activism defiantly than others by being aggressive, however that dose not take away form his achievements. He put all his effort into what he believed.
    - - Theodore Roosevelt was a politician who was the 26th president of the united states.
        
        In The American Boy there is this quote: "Hit the line hard; don't foul and don't shirk, but hit the line hard."
        
        You should not ever put partial effort into something. You should always put your all into whatever you're doing.