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From the Roman Republic to the American Revolution: readings of Cicero in the political thought of James Wilson
No full textAs a classical scholar and prominent founding father, James Wilson was at once statesman, judge, and political thinker, who read Cicero as an example worthy of emulation and as a philosopher whose theory could be applied to his own age. Classical reception studies have focused on questions of liberty, civic virtue, and constitutionalism in the American founding, and historians have also noted Wilson’s importance in American history and thought. Wilson’s direct engagement with Cicero’s works, however, and their significance in the formulation of his own philosophy has been long overlooked. My thesis argues that Wilson’s viewpoint was largely based on his readings of Cicero and can only be properly understood within this context. In the first two chapters of my thesis I demonstrate that Wilson not only possessed a wide-ranging knowledge of the classics in general, but also that he borrowed from Cicero’s writings and directly engaged with the texts themselves. Building upon this foundation, chapters three and four examine Cicero’s perspective on popular sovereignty and civic virtue, situate Wilson’s interpretations within contemporary discussions of Roman politics, and analyse the main ways in which he adapts Cicero’s arguments to his own era. Wilson retains a broader faith in the common people than seen in Cicero’s opinions, and he abstracts from Cicero a doctrine of sovereignty as an indivisible principle that is absent in the text; nevertheless, Cicero’s conception of a legitimate state and his insistence on the role of the people provided the foundation for Wilson’s thought and ultimately for his legitimization of the American Revolution. At the same time, like Cicero, Wilson views the stability of the state as resting in the personal virtue of the individual. While his enlightenment philosophy imparts optimism to his conception of the good citizen, his definition of virtue closely follows that of Cicero. As the final chapter of my thesis concludes, their individual interpretations of these theories of popular consent and virtue were instrumental in forming Cicero’s and Wilson’s justifications of civil disobedience
Manual of domestic economy, or, House-keeper's guide : Comprising a very large collection of original receipts, derived from the practical experience of the author : [Seven lines from Milton]
No full textCopyright 1841 by George Girardey
Letter From Wilbur John Carr to Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, May 28, 1931
No full textA typed letter from Wilbur John Carr to Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, dated May 28, 1931. Within, Carr discusses author Tracy Lay\u27s book about the Foreign Service and the passing of the Rogers Act.https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/fmhw_commerce_documents/1028/thumbnail.jp
John Becton
No full textThis 1965 photograph taken by photographer Juanita Wilson shows John Becton of Lee Edward High School standing in front of Hubert Hayes Memorial Log Cabin. He was a champion in the Mountain Youth Jamboree in 1965. Founder and director of the Mountain Youth Jamboree, Hubert H. Hayes (1901-1964) auditioned and directed youth to perform in folk dance, music, and folk and ballad singing. The jamboree was held in the Asheville City Auditorium (now known as Thomas Wolfe Auditorium) from 1948 to 1973, and Hayes’ wife, Leona Trantham Hayes (1913-1989) continued to direct the program after his death in 1964. Hubert Hayes was an author, playwright, and alumni of Duke University
Account of the cure of Miss Mary Wilson: novice in the community of the Sacred Heart, Grand Coteau, Louisiana
No full textReport, with depositions of witnesses, submitted to Archbishop of New Orleans by author regarding cure of Mary Wilson through the intercession of St. John Berchmanspresented to Most Rev. J. M. Odin, Archbishop and published by his approbatio
John Holt
No full textThis black and white photograph is a promotional headshot for the author of Teach Your Own , John Holt. Holt is pictured wearing a plaid button-down shirt.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/mss-wilson-minor-photographs/1362/thumbnail.jp
Leona Hayes presenting trophies to Susan Ward and John Becton
No full textThis 1966 photograph taken by photographer Juanita Wilson shows Leona Hayes presenting the Jamboree Champion award to Susan Ward and the Hubert Hayes Scholarship award to John Becton. Founder and director of the Mountain Youth Jamboree, Hubert H. Hayes (1901-1964) auditioned and directed youth to perform in folk dance, music, and folk and ballad singing. The jamboree was held in the Asheville City Auditorium (now known as Thomas Wolfe Auditorium) from 1948 to 1973, and Hayes’ wife, Leona Trantham Hayes (1913-1989) continued to direct the program after his death in 1964. Hubert Hayes was an author, playwright, and alumni of Duke University
John Wallis
No full textReading, writing, and doing mathematics in turbulent times, John Wallis (1616–1703) became the Savilian Professor of Geometry in unpromising circumstances, but held that position for longer than any other. Taking seriously the founder’s injunctions to study, edit, and publish the ancient mathematical texts, as well as to teach mathematics, he also enjoyed a long career as a robust and combative mathematical author. In this chapter we consider Wallis’s achievements as a reader, writer, and shaper of mathematics in the early modern world. In the long history of the Savilian professorships at Oxford, John Wallis’s tenure of the Geometry chair is unique
Dataset supporting thesis titled: 'The roles of extreme and rising temperatures on individual, population and biogeographic responses of intertidal gastropods in the northeast Atlantic'
No full textData to accompany chapters 2, 3 and 4 of PhD thesis, where original data were collected as part of this thesis and belong to the student author.
Chapter 2 data include raw EnvLogger temperature data and relevant tide time data for Portuguese study sites. Chapter 3 data include laboratory experiment digitised specimen measurement data (wet weight, coma and recovery, mortalities), raw treatment experiment temperatures and both Looe and Brixham raw field temperature data. Chapter 4 data include laboratory specimen digitised measurement data (weight, size, mortality) and raw treatment temperature data.
Chapter 3 data is associated with the publication: Parry-Wilson, H. M., Fenberg, P. B., Hawkins, S. J., & Mieszkowska, N. (2024). Lethal and sub-lethal responses of rocky shore gastropods to extreme temperatures. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 579, 152044.</span
The practice of history: the Smithsons, Colin St John Wilson, and the writing of architectural history
No full textThe purpose of this paper is to explore the type, form, and methodology of history written by practicing architects following the arrival of kunstgeschichte in Britain. Through an analysis of historical writings by Alison and Peter Smithson, and Colin St John Wilson a series of topics are explored including the relationship between history and practice, the use of different narrative structures, and the qualities that a practicing architect can bring to the study of the past. The paper concludes by emphasising that whilst all history is contemporary history, the association between history and its architect-author was not simplistic but a complex interrelationship of position and intention
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