Rufus Wilmot Griswold

In Whitman's “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer,” he paints a verbal picture of appreciating learning from experience. In lines one and two, he inundates you with heavy words like proofs, figures, charts, and diagrams that are all very strong and authoritively describing his learning experience in a lecture room. He grows "tired" and "sick" of this sense of confinement. Feeling captive and stagnant in this conventional learning environment, he longs to, instead of just reading the facts and charts about the stars, be outside to freely observe these things for himself. Finally using much lighter words such as "rising" and "gliding "and then "perfect silence", he is describing the relief and feelings of freedom of finally escaping the lecture…

The mere mention of the word death evokes fear, anxiety and restlessness. It preys on the young and old alike, the poor and rich, the strong and weak, the brave and the cowards. Because of its nature that remains to be a mystery, men and women have turned to poetry to vividly describe it, seeking to shed a glimpse of light on this “might foe” Such thoughts are captured in the two poems by John Donne, “Death, Be Not proud” and “The Tyger” by William Blake. For sure death is just a temporal state.…

Finding Self, Whitman’s Way: The One Among the Crowd “The impalpable sustenance of me from all things, at all hours of the day; The simple, compact, well-join’d scheme-myself disintegrated, everyone disintegrated, yet part of the scheme” (Whitman. “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.). Walt Whitman was a graceful, yet outlaw poet that pushed the boundaries ink and paper. Whitman’s works were a journey of finding self through the natural world and his relation to the world, along with cleaver wording that…

arose. Evidence from the text that further supports this claim is shown when the authors state, “The acquisition of this huge domain raised anew the burning issue of extending slavery into the territories. Northern anti-slaveryites had rallied behind the Wilmot Proviso, which flatly prohibited slavery in any territory acquired in the Mexican War. Southern senators had blocked the passage of the proviso…” (Cohen & Kennedy 381). The quote above exemplifies how the Mexican War gave birth to the…

These ideas were supported in the Whig dominated House of Representatives and would gain Lincoln support in the North. Pennsylvania Congressman, David Wilmot, a member of the democrat and free soiler, also feared the expansion of slavery in the land acquired by the Mexican war. Wilmot is most notably known for the proposition of the Wilmot Proviso, a document that would ban slavery in the land acquired from Mexico all together. Although rejected by the senate, the proviso passed in the House of…

the constitutionality of state laws which preluded Roe v. Wade. In 1879, a Connecticut law was enacted stating that any one person who attempted through medical means to prevent conception of a child should “be fined not less than forty dollars or imprisoned no less than sixty days” (“Griswold v. Connecticut…”). This meant that any form of contraceptive (i.e. birth control, condoms, and abortion) was illegal in the eyes of the Connecticut state court. In 1939, the Waterbury Maternal Health…

The Griswold v. Connecticut case involved a challenge to the constitutionality of an 1879 Connecticut law prohibiting the dissemination of information about and/or the sale of contraceptives. Connecticut provided a law that prohibited the use of drug or any instrument for the purpose of preventing conception and should be punished with imprisonment and a fine. Estelle Griswold believed that it would be best to give couples information, medical advice and counseling in to preventing unwanted…

Wade and Griswold and Connecticut. In the case of Roe V. Wade, it banned abortions except when saving the life of the mother. Roe believe that his law violated her constitutional rights. In the session, a question was asked if women have the control of reproduction and did the court go too far? Abortion is also a relevant and controversial choice and issue that is not mutually accepted in our society. Many people are divided by the idea of anti-choice and pro-choice. Those who are anti-choice…

and the Federal government, a power they granted themselves with Marbury v. Madison. Through jurisprudence Americans have become more free. A significant case that has drastically effected our society is Griswold v. Connecticut. The basis of this case began with the passage of a law in 1879. This law, nicknamed the Comstock law, made the prescription of contraceptives and mailing of family planning pamphlets illegal (Prescott). This law in Connecticut was just one of many passed along this…

The case Grimm v. Gloucester County is about a transgender student G.G. or Gavin Grimm, who during the 2013-2014 school year was diagnosed with gender dysphoria. Gender dysphoria is a “strong, persistent feelings of identification with the opposite gender and discomfort with one’s own assigned sex that results in significant distress or impairment”(Psychology today 2018) . Grimm had at first gained permission from the principal to use the boy’s restroom during his 2014-2015 school year. G.G.…