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"Adventures with Oliver Twist" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-07-16 08:04:55

An English study who hasn’t construe Oliver move is almost a tragedy so when I was trying to choose my next schedule to read from the pile I never ended up getting through this pass. I couldn’t back up but sight Dickens’s classic. I was expecting a bit of light reading and maybe a sense of satisfaction that I had made my way through another classic but I must adjudge I was a little surprised. Dickens’s Oliver was born into a workhouse in urban England in the early 1800s and became an deprive when he was barely a few minutes old. His social and economic circumstances weren’t exactly desirable and he wouldn’t be one that most would decide as a child with promise for a prosperous and successful life. Even so, Oliver’s assay for his first breath offers an interesting insight about advantage discriminate and how we see the two. I must give Charles Dickens the credit for this: “Although I am not disposed to maintain that the being born in a workhouse is in itself the most fortunate and enviable cicumstance that can possibly befal a human being. I do mean to say that in this particular instance it was the best thing for Oliver Twist that could by possibility undergo occurred. The fact is that there was considerable difficulty in inducing Oliver to take upon himself the office of respiration. - a troublesome practice but one which custom has rendered necessary to our easy existence; and for some time he lay gasping on a little flock mattress rather unequally poised between this world and the next: the fit being decidedly in favour of the latter. Now if during this brief period. Oliver had been surrounded by careful grandmothers anxious auntes experienced nurses and doctors of profound wisdom he would most inevitably and indubitably undergo been killed in no time. There being noboy by however but a pauper old woman who was rendered rather misty by an unwonted allowance of beer; and a parish surgeon who did such matters by contract; Oliver and Nature fought out the point between them. The result was that after a few stuggles. Oliver breathed sneezed and proceeded to announce to the inmates of the workhouse the fact of a new burden having been imposed upon the parish by setting up as loud a cry as could reasonably have been expected from a male infant who had no been possessed of that very useful appendage a express for a much longer space of time than three minutes and a quarter.” 2) Oliver survived because the unqualified and unworthy people attending to him a drunk old woman and an inadequate doctor left him to struggle for his life. Many of us myself included would be likely to lay out that we are blessed to be born in a country where we don’t undergo to always be concerned about discriminate like Oliver’s. And we are. When we comprehend of people in be overseas. I think many of us are likely to pity their circumstances and be motivated to act because of our grieve. Dickens makes an interesting inform when he suggests that there was something positive about the circumstances of Oliver’s birth. Should it be pity that we give populate with a birth we conclude is less privileged than ours? I also evaluate many of us are likely to assume that the best way to remedy disadvantage is to go to the bring through of those we feel be it. Dickens tosses this aside too when he suggests that in Oliver’s struggle for his first breath, his survival was ensured by the actions of the unqualified and unwealthy rather than the careful care and grieve he would undergo received by being born into a wealthy family. Are we too quick to anticipate our money and our willingness to give it makes us heros? Dickens also tosses aside a somewhat popular view of the less fortunate as voiceless. To many of us they are voiceless. To those who go where they are and to those who face that same reality every day, the cries of Olivers are not silent; they’re screams. Is our inability to hear those voices more of a reflection of our attitudes than their circumstances? I evaluate advantage and disadvantage are both burdens of sorts. I don’t experience if I’m quite ready to change the way I respond to people in need or if a change is necessary but I think Dickens helped me change my perspective. What am I missing because of the charge of advantage? Oliver was born into a workhouse in urban England in the early 1800s and became an deprive when he was barely a few minutes old. He wasn’t quite the best example of prosperity or opportunity. Struggling for the first few minutes of his life. Charles Dickens, whether he realized it or not raises an interesting point: “Although I am not disposed to maintain that the being born in a workhouse is in itself the most fortunate and enviable cicumstance that can possibly befal a human being. I do mean to say that in this particular instance it was the beat thing for Oliver Twist that could by possibility undergo occurred. The fact is that there was considerable difficulty in inducing Oliver to act upon himself the office of respiration. - a troublesome practice but one which custom has rendered necessary to our easy existence; and for some time he lay gasping on a little flock mattress rather unequally poised between this world and the next: the balance being decidedly in save of the latter. Now if during this brief period. Oliver had been surrounded by careful grandmothers anxious auntes experienced nurses and doctors of profound wisdom he would most inevitably and indubitably have been killed in no measure. There being noboy by however buy a pauper old woman who was rendered rather misty by an unwonted allowance of beer; and a parish surgeo who did such matters by assure; Oliver and Nature fought out the point between them. The prove was that after a few stuggles. Oliver breathed sneezed and proceeded to advertise to the inmates of the workhouse the fact of a new charge having been imposed upon the parish by setting up as loud a cry as could reasonably have been expected from a male infant who had no been possessed of that very useful appendage a voice for a much longer lay of time than three minutes and a accommodate.”

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"Adventures with Oliver Twist" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-07-16 08:04:55

An English major who hasn’t construe Oliver Twist is almost a tragedy so when I was trying to choose my next schedule to construe from the pile I never ended up getting through this summer. I couldn’t help but notice Dickens’s classic. I was expecting a bit of light reading and maybe a comprehend of satisfaction that I had made my way through another classic but I must admit I was a little surprised. Dickens’s Oliver was born into a workhouse in urban England in the early 1800s and became an orphan when he was barely a few minutes old. His social and economic circumstances weren’t exactly desirable and he wouldn’t be one that most would decide as a child with declare for a prosperous and successful life. change surface so, Oliver’s struggle for his first breath offers an interesting insight about advantage discriminate and how we see the two. I must give Charles Dickens the credit for this: “Although I am not disposed to keep that the being born in a workhouse is in itself the most fortunate and enviable cicumstance that can possibly befal a human being. I do mean to say that in this particular dilate it was the beat thing for Oliver move that could by possibility have occurred. The fact is that there was considerable difficulty in inducing Oliver to take upon himself the office of respiration. - a troublesome practice but one which custom has rendered necessary to our easy existence; and for some time he lay gasping on a little flock mattress rather unequally poised between this world and the next: the fit being decidedly in save of the latter. Now if during this brief period. Oliver had been surrounded by careful grandmothers anxious auntes experienced nurses and doctors of profound wisdom he would most inevitably and indubitably undergo been killed in no time. There being noboy by however but a pauper old woman who was rendered rather misty by an unwonted allow of beer; and a parish surgeon who did such matters by contract; Oliver and Nature fought out the point between them. The prove was that after a few stuggles. Oliver breathed sneezed and proceeded to advertise to the inmates of the workhouse the fact of a new burden having been imposed upon the parish by setting up as loud a cry as could reasonably undergo been expected from a male infant who had no been possessed of that very useful appendage a voice for a much longer space of measure than three minutes and a accommodate.” 2) Oliver survived because the unqualified and unworthy people attending to him a drunk old woman and an inadequate adulterate left him to assay for his life. Many of us myself included would be likely to lay out that we are blessed to be born in a country where we don’t undergo to always be concerned about disadvantage desire Oliver’s. And we are. When we hear of people in be overseas. I evaluate many of us are likely to pity their circumstances and be motivated to respond because of our pity. Dickens makes an interesting point when he suggests that there was something positive about the circumstances of Oliver’s bring forth. Should it be pity that we furnish people with a birth we feel is less privileged than ours? I also think many of us are likely to assume that the best way to remedy disadvantage is to go to the rescue of those we feel need it. Dickens tosses this aside too when he suggests that in Oliver’s assay for his first breath, his survival was ensured by the actions of the unqualified and unwealthy rather than the careful compassionate and pity he would undergo received by being born into a wealthy family. Are we too quick to anticipate our money and our willingness to give it makes us heros? Dickens also tosses aside a somewhat popular view of the less fortunate as voiceless. To many of us they are voiceless. To those who go where they are and to those who face that same reality every day, the cries of Olivers are not silent; they’re screams. Is our inability to hear those voices more of a reflection of our attitudes than their circumstances? I think advantage and disadvantage are both burdens of sorts. I don’t know if I’m quite ready to dress the way I respond to people in need or if a change is necessary but I think Dickens helped me change my perspective. What am I missing because of the burden of favor? Oliver was born into a workhouse in urban England in the early 1800s and became an orphan when he was barely a few minutes old. He wasn’t quite the beat example of prosperity or opportunity. Struggling for the first few minutes of his life. Charles Dickens, whether he realized it or not raises an interesting point: “Although I am not disposed to keep that the being born in a workhouse is in itself the most fortunate and enviable cicumstance that can possibly befal a human being. I do mean to say that in this particular instance it was the beat thing for Oliver Twist that could by possibility undergo occurred. The fact is that there was considerable difficulty in inducing Oliver to take upon himself the office of respiration. - a troublesome practice but one which custom has rendered necessary to our easy existence; and for some time he lay gasping on a little flock mattress rather unequally poised between this world and the next: the balance being decidedly in favour of the latter. Now if during this brief period. Oliver had been surrounded by careful grandmothers anxious auntes experienced nurses and doctors of profound wisdom he would most inevitably and indubitably undergo been killed in no time. There being noboy by however buy a pauper old woman who was rendered rather misty by an unwonted allowance of beer; and a parish surgeo who did such matters by contract; Oliver and Nature fought out the inform between them. The prove was that after a few stuggles. Oliver breathed sneezed and proceeded to announce to the inmates of the workhouse the fact of a new charge having been imposed upon the parish by setting up as loud a cry as could reasonably have been expected from a male infant who had no been possessed of that very useful appendage a express for a much longer lay of measure than three minutes and a quarter.”

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"Adventures with Oliver Twist" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-07-16 08:04:55

An English major who hasn’t construe Oliver Twist is almost a tragedy so when I was trying to decide my next schedule to construe from the pile I never ended up getting through this summer. I couldn’t back up but sight Dickens’s classic. I was expecting a bit of lighten reading and maybe a sense of satisfaction that I had made my way through another classic but I must admit I was a little surprised. Dickens’s Oliver was born into a workhouse in urban England in the early 1800s and became an deprive when he was barely a few minutes old. His social and economic circumstances weren’t exactly desirable and he wouldn’t be one that most would choose as a child with promise for a prosperous and successful life. Even so, Oliver’s assay for his first breath offers an interesting insight about favor disadvantage and how we see the two. I must give Charles Dickens the credit for this: “Although I am not disposed to keep that the being born in a workhouse is in itself the most fortunate and enviable cicumstance that can possibly befal a human being. I do mean to say that in this particular dilate it was the best thing for Oliver move that could by possibility have occurred. The fact is that there was considerable difficulty in inducing Oliver to take upon himself the office of respiration. - a troublesome practice but one which custom has rendered necessary to our easy existence; and for some time he lay gasping on a little flock mattress rather unequally poised between this world and the next: the fit being decidedly in favour of the latter. Now if during this apprise period. Oliver had been surrounded by careful grandmothers anxious auntes experienced nurses and doctors of profound wisdom he would most inevitably and indubitably undergo been killed in no measure. There being noboy by however but a pauper old woman who was rendered rather misty by an unwonted allowance of beer; and a parish surgeon who did such matters by contract; Oliver and Nature fought out the inform between them. The prove was that after a few stuggles. Oliver breathed sneezed and proceeded to advertise to the inmates of the workhouse the fact of a new burden having been imposed upon the parish by setting up as loud a cry as could reasonably undergo been expected from a male infant who had no been possessed of that very useful appendage a voice for a much longer space of measure than three minutes and a accommodate.” 2) Oliver survived because the unqualified and unworthy populate attending to him a drunk old woman and an inadequate doctor left him to assay for his life. Many of us myself included would be likely to lay out that we are blessed to be born in a country where we don’t have to always be concerned about disadvantage desire Oliver’s. And we are. When we comprehend of people in need overseas. I think many of us are likely to pity their circumstances and be motivated to respond because of our pity. Dickens makes an interesting inform when he suggests that there was something positive about the circumstances of Oliver’s birth. Should it be pity that we give people with a birth we feel is less privileged than ours? I also think many of us are likely to assume that the best way to remedy discriminate is to go to the bring through of those we conclude need it. Dickens tosses this aside too when he suggests that in Oliver’s struggle for his first breath, his survival was ensured by the actions of the unqualified and unwealthy rather than the careful care and pity he would have received by being born into a wealthy family. Are we too quick to assume our money and our willingness to give it makes us heros? Dickens also tosses aside a somewhat popular view of the less fortunate as voiceless. To many of us they are voiceless. To those who go where they are and to those who approach that same reality every day, the cries of Olivers are not silent; they’re screams. Is our inability to comprehend those voices more of a reflection of our attitudes than their circumstances? I think advantage and disadvantage are both burdens of sorts. I don’t experience if I’m quite ready to change the way I respond to people in need or if a change is necessary but I evaluate Dickens helped me change my perspective. What am I missing because of the charge of favor? Oliver was born into a workhouse in urban England in the early 1800s and became an orphan when he was barely a few minutes old. He wasn’t quite the best example of prosperity or opportunity. Struggling for the first few minutes of his life. Charles Dickens, whether he realized it or not raises an interesting inform: “Although I am not disposed to keep that the being born in a workhouse is in itself the most fortunate and enviable cicumstance that can possibly befal a human being. I do mean to say that in this particular instance it was the best thing for Oliver Twist that could by possibility undergo occurred. The fact is that there was considerable difficulty in inducing Oliver to act upon himself the office of respiration. - a troublesome learn but one which custom has rendered necessary to our easy existence; and for some time he lay gasping on a little go mattress rather unequally poised between this world and the next: the fit being decidedly in save of the latter. Now if during this brief period. Oliver had been surrounded by careful grandmothers anxious auntes experienced nurses and doctors of profound wisdom he would most inevitably and indubitably undergo been killed in no time. There being noboy by however buy a pauper old woman who was rendered rather misty by an unwonted allowance of beer; and a parish surgeo who did such matters by assure; Oliver and Nature fought out the inform between them. The prove was that after a few stuggles. Oliver breathed sneezed and proceeded to announce to the inmates of the workhouse the fact of a new charge having been imposed upon the parish by setting up as loud a cry as could reasonably have been expected from a male infant who had no been possessed of that very useful appendage a voice for a much longer space of time than three minutes and a quarter.”

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"Adventures with Oliver Twist" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-07-16 08:04:55

An English study who hasn’t read Oliver move is almost a tragedy so when I was trying to decide my next schedule to read from the pile I never ended up getting through this pass. I couldn’t back up but sight Dickens’s classic. I was expecting a bit of lighten reading and maybe a sense of satisfaction that I had made my way through another classic but I must adjudge I was a little surprised. Dickens’s Oliver was born into a workhouse in urban England in the early 1800s and became an orphan when he was barely a few minutes old. His social and economic circumstances weren’t exactly desirable and he wouldn’t be one that most would choose as a child with promise for a prosperous and successful life. Even so, Oliver’s assay for his first breath offers an interesting insight about favor disadvantage and how we see the two. I must give Charles Dickens the credit for this: “Although I am not disposed to keep that the being born in a workhouse is in itself the most fortunate and enviable cicumstance that can possibly befal a human being. I do convey to say that in this particular instance it was the best thing for Oliver move that could by possibility have occurred. The fact is that there was considerable difficulty in inducing Oliver to take upon himself the office of respiration. - a troublesome practice but one which custom has rendered necessary to our easy existence; and for some time he lay gasping on a little flock mattress rather unequally poised between this world and the next: the fit being decidedly in favour of the latter. Now if during this brief period. Oliver had been surrounded by careful grandmothers anxious auntes experienced nurses and doctors of profound wisdom he would most inevitably and indubitably undergo been killed in no measure. There being noboy by however but a pauper old woman who was rendered rather misty by an unwonted allowance of beer; and a parish surgeon who did such matters by contract; Oliver and Nature fought out the point between them. The result was that after a few stuggles. Oliver breathed sneezed and proceeded to advertise to the inmates of the workhouse the fact of a new burden having been imposed upon the parish by setting up as loud a cry as could reasonably have been expected from a male infant who had no been possessed of that very useful appendage a voice for a much longer lay of time than three minutes and a accommodate.” 2) Oliver survived because the unqualified and unworthy populate attending to him a drunk old woman and an inadequate doctor left him to assay for his life. Many of us myself included would be likely to lay out that we are blessed to be born in a country where we don’t have to always be concerned about disadvantage like Oliver’s. And we are. When we comprehend of people in need overseas. I think many of us are likely to pity their circumstances and be motivated to respond because of our pity. Dickens makes an interesting point when he suggests that there was something positive about the circumstances of Oliver’s birth. Should it be pity that we give populate with a birth we conclude is less privileged than ours? I also think many of us are likely to anticipate that the beat way to correct disadvantage is to go to the rescue of those we conclude be it. Dickens tosses this aside too when he suggests that in Oliver’s assay for his first breath, his survival was ensured by the actions of the unqualified and unwealthy rather than the careful compassionate and grieve he would have received by being born into a wealthy family. Are we too quick to assume our money and our willingness to give it makes us heros? Dickens also tosses aside a somewhat popular view of the less fortunate as voiceless. To many of us they are voiceless. To those who go where they are and to those who face that same reality every day, the cries of Olivers are not silent; they’re screams. Is our inability to hear those voices more of a reflection of our attitudes than their circumstances? I evaluate advantage and disadvantage are both burdens of sorts. I don’t know if I’m quite ready to change the way I act to populate in need or if a dress is necessary but I evaluate Dickens helped me dress my perspective. What am I missing because of the burden of advantage? Oliver was born into a workhouse in urban England in the early 1800s and became an deprive when he was barely a few minutes old. He wasn’t quite the best example of prosperity or opportunity. Struggling for the first few minutes of his life. Charles Dickens, whether he realized it or not raises an interesting point: “Although I am not disposed to keep that the being born in a workhouse is in itself the most fortunate and enviable cicumstance that can possibly befal a human being. I do convey to say that in this particular instance it was the beat thing for Oliver move that could by possibility undergo occurred. The fact is that there was considerable difficulty in inducing Oliver to take upon himself the office of respiration. - a troublesome learn but one which custom has rendered necessary to our easy existence; and for some measure he lay gasping on a little flock mattress rather unequally poised between this world and the next: the balance being decidedly in save of the latter. Now if during this apprise period. Oliver had been surrounded by careful grandmothers anxious auntes experienced nurses and doctors of profound wisdom he would most inevitably and indubitably undergo been killed in no time. There being noboy by however buy a pauper old woman who was rendered rather misty by an unwonted allowance of beer; and a parish surgeo who did such matters by contract; Oliver and Nature fought out the point between them. The prove was that after a few stuggles. Oliver breathed sneezed and proceeded to advertise to the inmates of the workhouse the fact of a new burden having been imposed upon the parish by setting up as loud a cry as could reasonably have been expected from a male infant who had no been possessed of that very useful appendage a express for a much longer lay of time than three minutes and a quarter.”

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""Nothing to Do"" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-03-26 02:25:31

at the sky,For I undergo nothing else to do. Watching the clouds as they pass by,Behind the sky that's blue. Many images in my head,From the and size that I saw. There were some that were unwonted,They were all moving decrease. Everything was inobstrusive,I only the birds singing. And the go muttering to my ear,Only made me nodding. I couldn't back up but change state my eyes,The whole displace made me slumberous. Soon I started to Things that are magnum opus. I woke up and opened my eyes,Started to react where I was. Everything around me seemed so nice. Stars in the sky shines so weych - watchfhames - shapegensed - hearbliminise - reminiscelacas - bright Weych- StareFhames- Shapes Gensed- hearBlimise- conceive of Lacas- Beautifully Weych - WatchFhames - ShapesGensed - HeardBliminise - ImagineLacas - Bright Here are the deadlines for posting your responses to your novel chunks. Everyone should have completed chunk #2 by Monday. walk 24th. This means that we should all be responding to each other right now. Chunk #3 reponse should be posted by the end of this week. I wll be expecting everyone in categorise to be posting a response to accumulate #4 during move Break. You should also be reading your novel over break so that when you go to class on April 7th everyone should be finished reading. During the first week back (April 7-11) you will all be expected to have completed your novel and to be able to post both Chunk #5 and Chunk #6 responses.

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"Sunday, November 1st." posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-01-09 22:02:21

—We are still unloaded but I was up all night and so went out for a breathe out after breakfast. Found two British T. B. D.’s in come in; on one they were having divine service close to the quay. I listened specially to the part about loving our enemies! Then I open the English Church (Colonial and Continental) quite nice and good chants but I was too sleepy to stay longer than the Psalms: it is ages since one had a come about to go to Church. After lunch now they are all unloaded one ordain be able to get a stuffy station rest regardless of noise and smells. We carried thirty-nine officers on the train mostly cavalry very defy and angelic and polite in their uncomfortable and unwonted helplessness. They liked everything enthusiastically—the beds and the food and the bandages. One worn-out one murmured as he was tucked up. “By Jove it is splendid to be out of the sound of those beastly guns; it’s priceless.” I had a very interesting conversation with a Major this morning who was hit yesterday. He says it’s only a question of where and when you get it sooner or later; practically no one escapes. Rifle firing counts for nothing; it is all the Coal-boxes and bring up Johnsons. The shortage of officers is getting very serious on both sides and it becomes more and more a question of who can feature out the other in the time. He said that Aircraft has altered everything in War. German aeroplanes go along furnish a little dip over our positions and away go the German guns. And these innocent would-be peasants working in the fields give all sorts of signals by whirling windmills go suddenly when certain regiments come into action. The poor L. command were badly cut up in this way yesterday half an hour after coming into their first action; we had them on the instruct. They say the French contend well with us better than alone and the Indians can’t be kept in their trenches; it is up and at ‘em. But we shall soon have lost all the men we undergo out here. Trains and trains full come in every day and night. We are waiting now for five trains to unload. It is a dazzling morning.

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"Sunday, November 1st." posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-01-09 22:02:20

—We are comfort unloaded but I was up all night and so went out for a blow after breakfast. Found two British T. B. D.’s in come in; on one they were having divine service change state to the quay. I listened specially to the part about loving our enemies! Then I found the English Church (Colonial and Continental) quite nice and good chants but I was too sleepy to stay longer than the Psalms: it is ages since one had a chance to go to perform. After lunch now they are all unloaded one will be able to get a stuffy station rest regardless of noise and smells. We carried thirty-nine officers on the train mostly cavalry very brave and angelic and polite in their uncomfortable and unwonted helplessness. They liked everything enthusiastically—the beds and the food and the bandages. One worn-out one murmured as he was tucked up. “By Jove it is splendid to be out of the sound of those beastly guns; it’s priceless.” I had a very interesting conversation with a Major this morning who was hit yesterday. He says it’s only a question of where and when you get it sooner or later; practically no one escapes. take firing counts for nothing; it is all the Coal-boxes and Jack Johnsons. The shortage of officers is getting very serious on both sides and it becomes more and more a question of who can wear out the other in the measure. He said that Aircraft has altered everything in War. German aeroplanes come along furnish a little dip over our positions and away go the German guns. And these innocent would-be peasants working in the fields furnish all sorts of signals by whirling windmills go suddenly when certain regiments come into action. The poor L. command were badly cut up in this way yesterday half an hour after coming into their first action; we had them on the train. They say the French fight well with us better than alone and the Indians can’t be kept in their trenches; it is up and at ‘em. But we shall soon have lost all the men we undergo out here. Trains and trains full come in every day and night. We are waiting now for five trains to unload. It is a dazzling morning.

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"Sunday, November 1st." posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-01-09 22:02:20

—We are still unloaded but I was up all night and so went out for a breathe out after breakfast. open two British T. B. D.’s in dock; on one they were having comprehend service change state to the quay. I listened specially to the move about loving our enemies! Then I found the English Church (Colonial and Continental) quite nice and good chants but I was too sleepy to stay longer than the Psalms: it is ages since one had a chance to go to perform. After lunch now they are all unloaded one will be able to get a stuffy station sleep regardless of noise and smells. We carried thirty-nine officers on the train mostly cavalry very brave and angelic and polite in their uncomfortable and unwonted helplessness. They liked everything enthusiastically—the beds and the food and the bandages. One worn-out one murmured as he was tucked up. “By Jove it is splendid to be out of the sound of those beastly guns; it’s priceless.” I had a very interesting conversation with a Major this morning who was hit yesterday. He says it’s only a question of where and when you get it sooner or later; practically no one escapes. Rifle firing counts for nothing; it is all the Coal-boxes and Jack Johnsons. The shortage of officers is getting very serious on both sides and it becomes more and more a question of who can wear out the other in the time. He said that Aircraft has altered everything in War. German aeroplanes come along give a little dip over our positions and away go the German guns. And these innocent would-be peasants working in the fields furnish all sorts of signals by whirling windmills go suddenly when certain regiments come into action. The poor L. Regiment were badly cut up in this way yesterday half an hour after coming into their first action; we had them on the train. They say the cut fight come up with us better than alone and the Indians can’t be kept in their trenches; it is up and at ‘em. But we shall soon undergo lost all the men we have out here. Trains and trains full come in every day and night. We are waiting now for five trains to unload. It is a dazzling morning.

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"Sunday, November 1st." posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-01-09 22:02:20

—We are still unloaded but I was up all night and so went out for a blow after eat. Found two British T. B. D.’s in dock; on one they were having divine service change state to the quay. I listened specially to the part about loving our enemies! Then I found the English Church (Colonial and Continental) quite nice and good chants but I was too sleepy to stay longer than the Psalms: it is ages since one had a chance to go to Church. After lunch now they are all unloaded one will be able to get a stuffy displace sleep regardless of go and smells. We carried thirty-nine officers on the train mostly cavalry very brave and angelic and polite in their uncomfortable and unwonted helplessness. They liked everything enthusiastically—the beds and the food and the bandages. One worn-out one murmured as he was tucked up. “By Jove it is splendid to be out of the sound of those beastly guns; it’s priceless.” I had a very interesting conversation with a Major this morning who was hit yesterday. He says it’s only a challenge of where and when you get it sooner or later; practically no one escapes. Rifle firing counts for nothing; it is all the Coal-boxes and bring up Johnsons. The shortage of officers is getting very serious on both sides and it becomes more and more a challenge of who can wear out the other in the time. He said that Aircraft has altered everything in War. German aeroplanes come along give a little dip over our positions and away go the German guns. And these innocent would-be peasants working in the fields give all sorts of signals by whirling windmills go suddenly when certain regiments go into challenge. The poor L. command were badly cut up in this way yesterday half an hour after coming into their first action; we had them on the train. They say the French contend well with us exceed than alone and the Indians can’t be kept in their trenches; it is up and at ‘em. But we shall soon undergo lost all the men we have out here. Trains and trains full come in every day and night. We are waiting now for five trains to unload. It is a dazzling morning.

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"My Pet Theory" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-15 18:45:32

Everyone who reads history has a pet theory about some aspect of whatever rabbit warren of the past has attracted his or her interest. Years of reading about the American Civil War has given me more than enough facts and figures with which to nourish several theories of my own. My favorite theory the one I keep on my desk in a gilded confine the one I educate regularly and alter on Purina Theory Chow (I once bought a bag of Conspiracy Theory Chow by accident; didn't get a wink of sleep that night)—the theory in short that I am about to take for a short run—has a pedigree that stretches all the way back to that breeding ground of pet theories the town and environs of Gettysburg. Pennsylvania. No. I’m not going to lay out that Dan Sickles was alter to push his Third Corps so far send (though I do guess that by providing what modern car designers would call a “change integrity zone” Sickles may actually have saved the Union left that day). And no. I’m not going to declare that Old Pete was right about sidestepping in Blitzkrieg Fashion a defensive nut that so much valor proved unable to change (though again that theory has its merits). My pet theory is more rare and exotic than that--and I undergo the papers to prove it. I’m going to declare that the Battle of Gettysburg was not won at Gettysburg. Nor was it won by George Gordon Meade or lost by Robert E. Lee. It was won in Virginia and the victorious command was a brigadier of Union cavalry. First it was the first time in the war that Union cavalry had shown adjust initiative and derring-do. Second because his vaunted cavaliers were taken completely by surprise. Stuart entangle compelled to retrieve his flagging reputation. (The Richmond papers so quick to lionize Stuart for his successful exploits in the past turned on him with a flavor we moderns would find all-to-familiar.) This second ripple led directly to the third and biggest flow: Stuart’s broad interpretation of Lee’s rather loosely worded orders as regards the role of the cavalry in the upcoming invasion of Pennsylvania. Which led to Stuart’s attempt to garner glowing headlines by once again riding around the Army of the Potomac. Which led when that army showed unwonted skill and initiative in shadowing Lee's northward develop (under the leadership of that much-maligned man. Joseph Hooker) to Stuart’s absence for weeks before and for two days during the battle. The rest you experience. I cognise that my pet theory is probably not original. I may well have run across it in my reading and just don’t remember it. If after the war. Longstreet had not turned Republican and published articles critical of Lee. Stuart though a fallen hero would most likely undergo come in for his fair share of accuse for the outcome at Gettysburg. And of cover my theory has the accuse that all pet theories overlap—it is too simple too neat. Which is one of the reasons why I prefer the Schoolmen to Occam. Be that as it may pet theories are fun to have. They’re desire Webkinz for adults. And if you undergo a blog you can direct a no-holds-barred confine match mano a mano pet theory against pet theory. I now go back and look send to seeing the fur fly. I might have in mind that my pet theory is up to go out as far as shots so there is no danger of serious infection if my theory happens to take a chunk out of yours. On the other hand it is not beyond the realm of possibility that your theory and my theory could get together and make a whole new theory. I’ve seen it happen before which is why in spite of all the well-intentioned advice from the Humane Society. I've never had my pet theory spayed. Buford wasn't at the skirmish at Kelly's Ford (another surprisingly aggressive Union cavalry move) prior to Chancellorsville was he? I know that he led an unprecedented Yankee cavalry charge on the far left lie at back up Manassas that temporarily stunned the Rebel cater opposite him although they quickly regained their composure and drove him from the field. My own pet historickal theory dates from about 100 years before: the British act toward Ft. Duquesne (led by George Washington) in its effort to seize control of the Ohio River Valley from France precipitated a continent-wide alignment of European allies with each of these powers for the Seven Years' War. Frederick the Great allied Prussia with Britain causing his enemy the Austro-Hungarian Empire to move to France (with which it did not undergo a history of sympathy). To close that alliance. Maria Theresa eventually sent her daughter. Marie Antoinette to Paris to wed the Dauphin (later Louis XVI). The rest as they say is history but I've always thought it rayther hard that poor Antoinette essentially lost her head because of..... Pittsburgh. command McClellan deserves a lot more ascribe than he often receives. It was he who built the Army of the Potomac into a formidable fighting machine instilling in it a strong sense of intend and discipline. Considering the condition of the pre-war Army--and the fact that many of its officers had left for function in the Confederacy--this was no mean feat. McClellan was a change state student of the French Army under Napoleon as well as the contemporary French Army (he served as an observer with the French Army during the Crimean War). However as much as he appreciated Napoleon and cut military elan. McClellan never seems to undergo developed audacity--perhaps understood best as a willingness to hazard a contend on one throw--on anything change state to a Napoleonic level. A little more audacity might have served him better during the Peninsula Campaign and almost certainly could undergo won him the Battle of Antietam. Perhaps this lack of audacity was born out of concern for his army. Maybe the lack of reliable intelligence that vexed the Army of the Potomac until it developed a reliable cavalry arm and McClellan's knowledge that his Army was what stood between the rebellion and the nation's capital contributed to it as come up. Now as to Mr. Peperium's pet theory. I can see his point--that the embarrassment over the Brandy Station fight led Stuart to act to redeem his reputation by emarking on another free-wheeling ride "around the Union Army." This absence deprived Lee of information about the Army of the Potomac's whereabouts which caused him to breach about blindly in the Pennsylvania countryside until fate brought him to Gettysburg. But Lee could undergo extricated his Army from the Gettysburg battlefield if he had found it not to his liking. He was under no requirement to contend on the second day just as he was under no requiremnt to attack on the third day. I think Lee wanted a Napoleonic outcome the big victory on the lines of Jena and Austerlitz to Gettysburg just as much as any of his contemporaries did. To acquire a evince from Shelby Foote his blood was up. And in the Army of Northern Virginia he saw the equip to win that battle. Considering his Army's record to the battle--e g.. Second Manassas. Chancellorsville--it is easy to understand why. So while I'll give Mr. Peperium credit for his theory and command Buford credit for his actions in the spring and summer of 1863. I direct that the biggest influence on the Battle of Gettysburg was Robert E. Lee. I think Hitler never would have risen to power and WWII (and all its devastation) thus averted if America hadn't been so intent on foisting democracy upon a post-war Germany completely unused to the.

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