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Balthasar Hubmaier, James Hardwood Barnett Iii

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Balthasar Hubmaier stands as one of the great unknowns of the Reformation. Only in the Baptist annals is he treated to any extent. Perhaps the reason lies in the fact that the Anabaptists were very much in the minority throughout the Reformation. They never had even a city which might be called Baptist, much less a nation. To be sure a great number of them lived at Waldshut for a while and then at Nikolsburg under the protection of some Moravian lords. But this happy state did not last long. Perchance, it is because of this that C.J.H. Hayes in …

The Problem Of Evil, Clyde T. Francisco

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The problem presented in this paper is one that was first brought emphatically to my mind on a Wednesday night, four years ago. The pastor of a Baptist Church was discoursing upon the foreknowledge of God. "God knows everything we are going to do", he said, "but does not in any way interfere with our actions." It started me upon a long train of thought as to the relation between God and the free will and hence, between God and evil. The discussion that follows is the outcome of my research.

William Evelyn Cameron : A Biography, Robert E. Leitch

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William Evelyn Cameron was born in Petersburg, Virginia, November 29th. His father, Walker Anderson Cameron, was a cotton broker, descended from Sir Ewan Lochiei, the celebrated chief of Clan Cameron in Scotland.

Among Cameron's distinguished progenitors were Benjamin Harrison, who settled in Virginia in 1630, and was Secretary to the Colony; Sir Dudley Diggs, Master of the Rolla to King Charles l; Colonel William Byrd of Westover; and Edmund Jenings, deputy-governor of the colony from 1706 to 1710.

Greek And Roman Child Life As Represented In Some Greek And Latin Authors, Anne Louise Sanford

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In the following study I have attempted to present a picture of Greek and Roman child life as it is represented in some Greek and Latin authors. Most of my material has been derived from well known authors such as Homer, Plato, Quintilian, etc. But there has been an attempt to enlarge my scope by consulting some other Greek and Latin authors easily available in the University of Richmond Library, the Richmond Public Library and the Virginia state Library. In my general discussion I have drawn freely on available works which would be helpful for elucidation and comparison.

Development Of Charleston And The Great Kanawha Valley, Cecil Anderson

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The development of the Valley of the Great Kanawha River has been rapid and has not as yet reached its peake in growth. The Valley has been richly endowed with abundance of raw material and the facilities for the changing or these materials in­to useful commodities. Along with the growth of the industry comes civic growth and it is these growth that I wish to present in this monograph.

Edward Gibbon Wakefield, J. E. Orschel

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Edward Gibbon Wakefield: This interesting man wes an.enigma.

Nothing about himwas ordinary. Even his faults were extraordinary,

but generally of an amiable kind. He faced the

world with two extremely potent weapons: a vision capable of

piercing the thickest 'problem, ancl a mastery of the art of

convincing and persuading. His ultimate aims were always

laudable; but he applied, without quibble, any effective means

of execution at his disposal. As a widower with a passionately

loved little daughter, a kidnap-marriage.put him on the road

to prison as well as on the highway to fame. During his incarceration

he became the …

A History Of The County Court In Virginia, D S. Rubenstein

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The county court is among the most colorful institutions in Virginia history. Coming into existence a few years after the birth of the colony, it remained almost unchanged in its general character up until the time of the Civil War. Not only was it the keystone about which the administration of local justice was build, but it possessed important legislative and executive functions.

The Early Origins And Experiments Of Fascism : The Hegelian State And The Second Empire, Samuel T. Schroetter

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The majority of people assume that Fascism is a purely recent phenomenon. This paper is an effort to prove by a historical formula, an analysis of fact, and a parallel of events that the finished product of Fascism today has been in the making for a century. It sees the manifest origins of Fascism in the philosophy of Hegel and the milieu out of which Hegelianism grew. Then Fascism first took political form in the preliminary experiment of Louis Napoleon. For some years after that passed it was merely an infiltrating element in the structure of democracy. But democracy broke …

The Fellow Servant Doctrine And Its Application In Virginia, Winston G. Crenshaw

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Prior to early in the twentieth century, working men were forced to accept conditions as laid down by their employers. It was largely essential that they work under whatever circumstances their employers saw fit to apply--their jobs were dependent upon their submission.

A Study Of The Trial Justice Court Of Henrico County, Joseph A. Alexander

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I will be frank in admitting that it was with the greatest misgivings that I accepted the assignment to make a study of the Henrico Trial Justice Court. The work laid out before me was in Virgin territory for, to the best of my knowledge, no study similar to that which I contemplated has been undertaken before. Thus, it was only natural for me to visualize the problems which would beset me, the unfamiliar legal terms which would puzzle one and the dreary court scenes which would leave me drunk with their monotony. Well, I came to the problems, saw …

The Negro Problem In The South, Sidney T. Matthews Jr

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Among the chief problems which vexed the country for the last century and threaten to give yet more trouble in the future, is what is usually termed "The Negro Questions." To the south, it has been for nearly seventy years the chief public question, overshadowing all others, and withdrawing her from due participation in the direction and benefit of the National Government. It has kept alive section feeling, has inflamed partisanship, distorted party policies, barred complete reconciliation, cost hundreds of millions of dollars, and hundreds if not thousands of lives, and stands ever ready, like Banquo's ghost, to burst forth …

The Dahlgren Raid Against Richmond, March 28 - April 2, 1864, Julien Gunn Jr.

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The whole point of the raid was the destruction of as much of the supplies which might be used by the Confederates as possible and the release of those Federal prisoners which were incarcerated in Richmond. One has only to look ahead to the burning of Columbia, South Carolina to see what might have happened in Richmond.

Mary Anne Randolph Custis Lee : Wife Of General Robert E. Lee, Dorothy Lee

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Much has been written concerning the life and achievements of General Robert Edward Lee, but the life and letters of his wife Mary Anne Randolph Custis Lee have scarcely been touched, except in their connection with her illustrious husband. From her published writings and the from the devotion her husband gave her she would seem to have been a woman sufficiently individual to merit the historian's attention.

Mary Lee's life was not only brought into close relationship with the historic personages of her own generation but through her parents and grandparents she was influenced by the founders of the American …

Life Of John Warwick Daniel, Ruth Lazenby

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John Warwick Daniel was born on the 5th of September, 1824, in Lynchburg, and died on the 29th of June, 1910. Only sixty-eight years of life, a short period when one measures the span of a lifetime and yet he crowded into these years so much that he has rightly come to be called soldier and orator, jurist and lawgiver, statesman and senator. As a soldier he was brave, loyal and devoted to duty, winning many honors for courage and gallantry. As an orator he was noted for his eloquence, charm and unsurpassed beauty of language, and it was perhaps …

Virginia's Attitude Toward The Compromise Of 1850, Anne T. Gordon

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As with an individual, a great conflict develops character and causes expression of ideals, so in the life of a nation conflicts develop the people, and give us a knowledge of their ideals and principles. It is mainly with the latter aspect of one great conflict - the struggle over the Compromise of 1850 - that this paper will deal. In this short article an effort will be made to show the attitude of Virginia - one section, small in territorial expanse when compared with the whole, but large in influence, as she faced this problem on the solution of …