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Abraham Lincoln Asks to Borrow Army

In the later months of 1862, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln was angered by General George B. McClellan's inactivity despite superiority ...


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Elderly Woman Refuses to Take Shortcuts

While a college student, Heidi Neumark took a year off from prestigious Brown University to be part of a volunteer program sponsored by a group called ...


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Doctor Unable to Pass By Major Accident

Dr. Scott Kurtzman, chief of surgery at Waterbury Hospital, was on his way to deliver an 8 a.m. lecture when he witnessed one of the worst crashes in ...


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Habitat for Humanity: A Response to Need

Millard Fuller was on his way to becoming a self-made millionaire before he was 30 years old. But devotion to work was threatening his health and his ...


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Famous Author Experiences Generosity

Sebastian Junger is author of The Perfect Storm and A Death in Belmont. Long before he became a famous writer, however, he decided to hitchhike his way ...


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Augustine: Don't Forget to Act Like a Christian

No man has a right to lead such a life of contemplation as to forget in his own ease the service due to his neighbor; nor has any man a right to be so ...


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Good Deeds Correlated with Good Health

Stephen G. Post, professor of bioethics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, recently headed a comprehensive study of altruism where ...


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Cancer Ministry Mirrors the Church

Laura Armstrong is the founder of Chemo Angels, which she describes as "a volunteer organization dedicated to adding a ray of sunshine to the lives ...


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Teen Saves Life of Woman Who Once Saved His

In 1999, Kevin Stephan of Lancaster, New York, was a bat boy for his younger brother's little-league baseball team. During one game, a player who ...


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Christian Students More Willing to Help Katrina Victims

In 2006, the number of college students on spring break sent by the United Way and MTV as volunteers to help people rebuild their homes following Hurricane ...


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