CONCERNING THE HIGH LEVEL OF LITERACY FROM WEBSTER’S AND OTHER SYLLABLE-BASED METHODS‚ AND THE OPPOSITION TO THEM Concrete records are available concerning the success of Webster’s speller and those like it with little children. What is surprising is that perhaps the best testimony concerning its success came from someone who spent massive effort trying to remove the Webster speller and those like it. He was one of the change-agents of the period‚ William Andrus Alcott‚ an associate of Gallaudet’s
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The Fruitlands was a utopian society‚ which is a place that is modeled to be perfect. In fact‚ this society was one of the most unplanned utopias of all time and sadly‚ there was no official record of the members. The Fruitlands was a very short lived utopian agrarian society which was established in the early 1840s by Amos Bronson Alcott and Charles Lane. By 1841‚ Alcott had come up with the idea of the Fruitlands and had already begun planning it. The Fruitlands had 2 main goals that they tried
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Through an examination of the 1841 Fruitland experiment by Amos Bronson Alcott‚ the importance and notion of a society that makes trade and create jobs without paying attention to social matters and issues was created. Critique: For many decades and centuries‚ people have had the same dream at one point or another to achieve a perfect world without crime‚ pain‚ poverty and greed. However‚ the variety and diversity in people’s thoughts made it difficult to achieve it. Amos Bronson Alcott had many
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Have you ever wished for the perfect life without a single problem? Everyone wishes for it but is it even possible. This is called a utopia. A utopia is an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. It would seem like an amazing experience to have a perfect life‚ but can it be bad in some ways? A utopia does not seem possible because it seems too unrealistic and unreasonable. A utopian community would be completely out of the ordinary. A utopia can be possible in many different
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community saw labor as spiritually inhibiting and soon it became evident that the commune could not provide enough food to sustain its members. They eventually became sick from the strict diet of grains and fruits‚ this was a big reason why the Fruitlands community had to come to an end. These are just some of the reasons humans can’t possibly form and keep a Utopian society. We are not perfect in any way at all. We can’t handle harsh diets‚ multiple movements‚ and dealing with people in perfect
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John Blake Temple Dr. Rucker Am. Hist. 10/10/11 Early Cults in America Although they date to the earliest days of U.S. history‚ Utopian communities that were created to perfect American society had begun appearing in the 1840s. By definition‚ a utopia is: “An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.”[i] Various groups challenged the traditional norms of American society. Their desire to create a perfect world often was in sharp contradiction to the world in which
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"Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth’s sake‚ and so earn some right to rejoice when victory is won." Louisa May Alcott wrote many inspirational novels that explain her personality and her hardships in life. Her writing supported her family‚ no matter where she was. When Alcott died‚ her older sister was left and still received the money from her sister’s still selling books. Alcott’s books are still being sold today‚ though they may be hard to
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Louisa May Alcott was an exceptional novelist in a time when few female authors were recognized. She lived in the midst of the turmoil caused by the American Civil War. Bronson Alcott‚ Alcott’s father. Louisa May Alcott‚ the second daughter of Bronson and Abba May Alcott‚ was born on November 29‚ 1832 in Germantown‚ Pennsylvania. Louisa’s father was a transcendentalist‚ so he didn’t work very hard to make money. .At the time of her birth‚ the Alcotts were living in Germantown. Louisa’s
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The human race make mistakes all the time‚ including when it comes to organizing a perfect society. The Fruitlands‚ a utopian community that lasted six months‚ had people who were peace loving and forbade meat. This would cause problems later on. According to the article‚ “The strict diet of grains and fruits left many in the group malnourished and sick” (4
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Necrotizing Fasciitis is a very rare bacterial skin infection and also goes by flesh-eating bacteria‚ Necrotizing means causing the death of tissues and fascia is a sheet of connective tissues beneath the skin that surround muscles‚ nerves‚ fat‚ and blood vessels and is often associated with sepsis or widespread organ failure. Necrotizing Fasciitis can be caused by more than one type of bacteria‚ which can lead to a polymicrobial infection which is the presence of several species of microorganisms
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