Professor dirck argues that prior to his presidency lincoln was very much a typical american. he also spoke about lincolns interactions with both slaves and White Supremacists and how attitudes changed during the era. This class is about an hour. We are dealing with the american slave system in roughly 40 years time, called the antebellum period, leading up to the civil war. This is when american slavery is in its heyday. This is when more americans are making more money off the forced labor of africanamericans than they ever have before. And economist who studies this, the amount of wealth from cotton exceeds every other investment in america. Hans of money has been made off the cotton empire. And we see how americans have gotten into the cotton empire with the invention of the cotton gin, americas transition from agriculture to cotton agriculture. If there is one thing i want you guys to get out of this class slavery is not just a southern history topic. It is an American History top
Follow what is true and do what is right. Lord, inspire our lawmakers with a renewed trust in you and commitment to Work Together for your glory. We pray in your sacred name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Reid mr. President . The president pro tempore the majority leader. Mr. Reid i move to proceed to calendar number 211 s. 1569, the debt limit legislation. The president pro tempore the clerk will report. The clerk motion to proceed to calendar number 211 s. 1659 a bill to ensure the timely payment of the obligations of the u. S. Government until december 31, 2014. Mr. Reid the time until noon will be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. At noon there will be a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture
Wimps andfor wallflowers. People that are going to get run over. In order to be successful, conventional wisdom says you have to be assertive, bold, even putting yourself out there, selfpromoting. I think humility countermand that. It councils a different disposition and attitude. Define it. Utility is an honest examination of oneself. Imperfect,it you are your imperfections, and think about how one might put others first in thought, word and deed. It is the opposite of self aggrandizement. What if you examine yourself and conclude you are terrific . Muhamed ali said it is hard to be humble when you are his rate as i am. As great as i am. I think there is a lot of that kind of mentality. It cant be a real self examination. If anybody is honest with themselves, they know they make mistakes. They are imperfect. The tendency is to gloss over those things, to think that one , that ones by mistakes dont have to be admitted. That you dont have to change your ways. I think the really honest p
Wallflowers. People that are going to get run over. In order to be successful, conventional wisdom says you have to be assertive, bold, even putting yourself out there, selfpromoting. I think humility countermand that. It councils a different disposition and attitude. Define it. Utility is an honest examination of oneself. You can admit you are imperfect, your imperfections, and think about how one might put others first in thought, word and deed. It is the opposite of selfaggrandizement. What if you examine yourself and conclude you are terrific . Muhamed ali said it is hard to be humble when you are as great as i am. I think there is a lot of that kind of mentality. It cant be a real selfexamination. If anybody is honest with themselves, they know they make mistakes. They are imperfect. The tendency is to gloss over those things, to think that one can just get by, that ones mistakes dont have to be admitted. That you dont have to change your ways. I think the really honest person wil
Mistakes dont have to be admitted. That you dont have to change your ways. I think the really honest person will admit also that they are not their own creator. That everything about their own lives is not of their own making. In politics, i want to show you some video of senator Jeff Sessions on the floor of the senate. It will be fairly obvious why i played this. When i first came to washington considering running for the senate, i met at a republican luncheon and asked me to say a thing or two. I said i could think of no greater honor than to represent the people of alabama in the greatest deliberative body in the history of the world. This is a great liberator body. Deliberative body. That is our heritage and it is being eroded. It is not disputable that it is being eroded. Start with the greatest deliberative body in the history of the world. What are you hearing there . I just finished a course for Hillsdale College in politics on the liberation. Deliberation. It is the claim tha